Re: Times of India sez: India should end the Kashmir conflict: Withdraw Indian Army
While I don't condone the Indian occupation of Kashmir I can't blame them for being there.
The reason is once they pull out, other ethnic groups all over the country will demand independence.
You see before 1947 there was no "india" or Pakistan. The region was dozens of indepdent countries before the British arrived. While Pakistan might have existed as a nation from the times of the Indus Civlization, it was never a state known by it's current name and borders.
When the Brits left they merged all these countries into larger countries of "india" and Pakistan.
Alot of these states were merged into "india" against their will. In Pakistan's case only Balochistan was taken by force. In India's case most states were given by the British the remaining were gained through military force.
Goa for example after being free of Portugese occupation was observed into the newly formed India by military force.
Even take Canada and USA. Before their appearance on the map they both were a bunch of independant countries till they merged together as larger countries.
Coming back to Kashmir the reason if India let's go of Kasmir, alot of states that are already demanding indepdendece that they lost in 1947 will double their efforts and India will face the same fate as the Soviet Union did.
Like I do not condone what the Russians are doing in Chechnya but can you blame them? Chechnya contains alot of energy supplies that Russians are so dependent upon for winter heating, transportation and alot others.
Letting Chechnya go means saying good-bye to their survival.
Pakistan's actions in Balochistan are bad but giving up Balochistan means giving up it's main gas supply and leaving alot of people including the poor withut basic needs such as gas for cooking etc.
This is now the way of the world. Survival comes over morality unfortunately.
So rounding up my points, again I think Pakistan has a duty to protect Kashmir as much as it does to protect Punjab Sindh or Balochistan because like these provinces Kashmir is also a province, but I do not blame the Indians for staying there either.
But do you blame the Indians for staying there and raping innocent kashmiris andha dunn?
