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None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
Pakistan is a proven terrorist nation, their track record shows it all. Nothing is hidden from the world. The only way to curb terrorism in Pakistan is to blacklist it in FATF.
Rawat is right that the war on terror is not ending in spite of US and others taking many steps against terror. This statement itself rebuts the arguments by the Centre to continue with Internet clamp down in J&K. If the terror war is not ending, does that mean the clampdown is forever ? That will be a gross violation of human rights , as the SC says, and will be no better than what CHina is doing to their Uighurs in Xinjiang. BJP Govt must take Rawat at face value that the terror threat is a long term one and desist from draconian measures like long term Internet shut downs.
Internet is not a ‘human right’ notwithstanding what the SC may feel about. If the Govt refuses to implement their orders, what is the SC going to do about it? Not just internet, Kashmir Valley has to be put under other forms of restrictions which breaks the will of the Kashmiris to fight.
Lord Curzon could not have put it better.
PLease note it is not the Kashmiris as a whole who are fighting but a small subset of misguided people driven by Pak funds. Do not generalize to the whole of Kashmir.
Secondly, our Govt can defy the SC only if someone in Delhi decides to become a dictator like Hitler , Stalin or Trujillo.
Its time to declare the CDS as political post officially and in the next step handover the governance to CDS and post of PM of India should be downgraded to Internal propaganda minister. 50% of the state budget should be allocated to defense ministry for buying war machines, defence infrastructure and welfare of troops and officers. The remaining 50% of budget may be spent for 130cr scum bags who cannot able to exercise basic right/duty of electing a proper leader.
Frustrated much? Modi & Rawat will stay for much longer than you can envisage.
Modi ka pata nahi… Scum bags like will surely ensure that the country will go under military rule
India is not America. The US has spent $ 6 trillion on the War on Terror and does not seem to be winning it. Fortunately not many American lives have been lost, although quite a few soldiers have been wounded, will suffer disabilities for life. There cannot be military solutions to political problems.
India did not spend more than 500 million in the 10 years it spent building up the TTP in Pakistan. We can sustain that expenditure for decades on end without consequences. Islamic Terrorism is not a political issue but a military one.
Pakistan is a proven terrorist nation, their track record shows it all. Nothing is hidden from the world. The only way to curb terrorism in Pakistan is to blacklist it in FATF.
Pakistan is a proven terrorist nation. China is the main culprit in converting pakistan into a terrorist nation.
Rawat is right that the war on terror is not ending in spite of US and others taking many steps against terror. This statement itself rebuts the arguments by the Centre to continue with Internet clamp down in J&K. If the terror war is not ending, does that mean the clampdown is forever ? That will be a gross violation of human rights , as the SC says, and will be no better than what CHina is doing to their Uighurs in Xinjiang. BJP Govt must take Rawat at face value that the terror threat is a long term one and desist from draconian measures like long term Internet shut downs.
Internet is not a ‘human right’ notwithstanding what the SC may feel about. If the Govt refuses to implement their orders, what is the SC going to do about it? Not just internet, Kashmir Valley has to be put under other forms of restrictions which breaks the will of the Kashmiris to fight.
Lord Curzon could not have put it better.
PLease note it is not the Kashmiris as a whole who are fighting but a small subset of misguided people driven by Pak funds. Do not generalize to the whole of Kashmir.
Secondly, our Govt can defy the SC only if someone in Delhi decides to become a dictator like Hitler , Stalin or Trujillo.
Well said general
No the General didn’t say well at all. Pakistan wouldn’t be blacklisted.
Why weren’t you able to blacklist last time?
Its time to declare the CDS as political post officially and in the next step handover the governance to CDS and post of PM of India should be downgraded to Internal propaganda minister. 50% of the state budget should be allocated to defense ministry for buying war machines, defence infrastructure and welfare of troops and officers. The remaining 50% of budget may be spent for 130cr scum bags who cannot able to exercise basic right/duty of electing a proper leader.
Frustrated much? Modi & Rawat will stay for much longer than you can envisage.
Modi ka pata nahi… Scum bags like will surely ensure that the country will go under military rule
India is not America. The US has spent $ 6 trillion on the War on Terror and does not seem to be winning it. Fortunately not many American lives have been lost, although quite a few soldiers have been wounded, will suffer disabilities for life. There cannot be military solutions to political problems.
India did not spend more than 500 million in the 10 years it spent building up the TTP in Pakistan. We can sustain that expenditure for decades on end without consequences. Islamic Terrorism is not a political issue but a military one.