Richard Holbrooke does not use the word Kashmir

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@burqaposhx

Time to rid ourselves from conspiracy theories.

Here are the facts if we are willing to use our aql.

Americans cannot force India out of ICK, or Pakistan out of PCK. Both Pakistan and India have HUGE armies that are designed and produced to do one thing and one thing only. Defend their part of Kashmir.

Unless Americans are willing to put 1 million US soldiers in ICK and 1 million in PCK, there is no way India or Pak would give up on their part of K.

Similarly Indian army cannot kick us out of PCK
While we cannot kick Indians out of ICK.

In that situation, we have a stalemate, and cold war.

And Americans will never involve themselves in this regional cold war.

It will be wise for us, to quit worrying about K,

because KP and B are in severe danger.

We should not be monkeying with areas that we don’t have, while losing the ones we do.

Haven’t you ever heard that 4 birds in hand are always better than a half eaten dead bird in the bush (aka in your neighbor’s plate)?

***“Time to rid ourselves from conspiracy theories.” ***

***“Here are the facts if we are willing to use our aql.” ***

“Americans cannot force India out of ICK, or Pakistan out of PCK. Both Pakistan and India have HUGE armies that are designed and produced to do one thing and one thing only. Defend their part of Kashmir.”

What you postulate here seems more hypothecated speculations rather than facts ----- and besides my “aql” tells me to heavily emphasize on THE CHINA FACTOR when looking at Increasing U.S. attention paid to India over the past few years, especially Washington’s decision to extend civil nuclear deals to India ----- which surprised Chinese policymakers and caused them to reassess their policies toward India.

1. The recent sale of six C130-J Hercules military transport aircraft worth $1 billion is the largest U.S. military sale to India to date.

2. In 2006 the U.S. Congress authorized the transfer of the USS Trenton amphibious transport dock to India.

3. U.S. firms are also competing with Russians and Europeans to fulfill an Indian request for 126 multi-role combat aircraft worth close to $10 billion.

4. U.S. companies are bidding to supply 197 light observation helicopters and 22 combat helicop­ters to the Indian Air Force and the Army Aviation Corps at a cost of about $1.5 billion.

In 2005, India and the U.S. signed a 10-year defense framework agreement that calls for joint military exercises, increased defense-related trade, and the establishment of a defense and procurement production group. The U.S. and India have conducted more than 50 military exercises since 2002, demonstrating how far the military partnership has progressed in a relatively short period.

Now lets us look at THE PAK-CHINA FACTOR in chronological order ----- if you will ----- here is what my “aql” tells me.

Pakistan and China have long-standing strategic ties, and China is Pakistan’s largest defense supplier. China transferred equipment and technology to Pakistan’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs throughout the 1980s and 1990s, enhancing Pakistan’s strength in the South Asian strategic balance. Stephen Cohen, an expert on the Indian and Pakistani militaries, describes China as pursuing a classic balance of power by supporting Pakistan in a relationship that mirrors the relationship between the U.S. and Israel. The most significant development in China-Pakistan military cooperation occurred in 1992 when China supplied Pakistan with 34 short-range ballistic M-11 missiles.

China has helped Pakistan build two nuclear reactors at the Chasma site in the Punjab Province and continues to support Pakistan’s nuclear pro­gram, although it has been sensitive to international condemnation of the A. Q. Khan affair and has cal­ibrated its nuclear assistance to Pakistan accord­ingly. In the run-up to Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to Pakistan in November 2006, media reports speculated that China would sign a major nuclear energy cooperation agreement with Pakistan. In the end, however, the Chinese provided a general pledge of support to Pakistan’s nuclear energy program, but refrained from announcing plans to supply new nuclear reactors. During Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari’s visit to Beijing in mid-October 2008, Beijing did come through with a pledge to help Pakistan construct two new nuclear power plants at Chasma, but did not propose or agree to a major China-Pakistan nuclear deal akin to the U.S.-India civil nuclear agreement.

China has helped Pakistan develop a deep-sea port at the naval base at Gawadar in Baluchistan on the Arabian Sea. The port would allow China to secure oil and gas supplies from the Persian Gulf and project power in the Indian Ocean.

China financed 80 percent of the $250 million for completion of the first phase of the project and reportedly is funding most of the sec­ond phase of the project as well.

The bottom line is that US is preparing India as so to speak ----- AMERICAN HEDGE ----- against China.

If you still want to believe all this as ***“conspiracy theories” *-----**then be my guest and knock your socks off -----