India’s Muddled Strategy on Pakistan

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You can read all the basic rhetoric on this article, the link is below.

The important part is this:

It is unknown whether arguments in favor of military operations have surpassed those calling for restraint. What is certain however is that it would be extremely costly for Modi to tolerate large-scale acts of terrorism. The latter holds true because the public discourse in India has exhausted its patience over Pakistan’s persistent violent behavior, and is thus prepared to bear the costs of conflict, limited or otherwise.

In my opinion, Pakistan has always pushed the Indian public to it's brink, but with it's government supporting the public's opinion over this matter, the gov't has a stronger hand in dealing with this situation know and the future. Just to give you an example, today the Pakistan reply on full scale war was dwarfed by the Pakistanie gov't. Clearly show the retaliation by the Indian side has shown the results of such behavior.



Nishank Motwani is a doctoral candidate at the University of New South Wales in Canberra and at the Australian Defence Force Academy, where he is researching the regional dynamics of the conflict in Afghanistan. He has master's degrees in Strategic Studies and Diplomatic Studies from the Australian National University. He can be contacted by email at nishank.motwani@gmail.com.

Searching for A Response: India’s Muddled Strategy on Pakistan

 

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In my opinion, Pakistan has always pushed the Indian public to it's brink, but with it's government supporting the public's opinion over this matter, the gov't has a stronger hand in dealing with this situation know and the future. Just to give you an example, today the Pakistan reply on full scale war was dwarfed by the Pakistanie gov't. Clearly show the retaliation by the Indian side has shown the results of such behavior.

Searching for A Response: India’s Muddled Strategy on Pakistan

just reading the colored text and you can get an Idea how smart the writer of this article is.

 

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“The fact of the matter is that Nawaz Sharif is not in charge, he’s not even in charge of the capital,” agrees former Indian diplomat G. Parthasarathy, who served as the high Commissioner to Pakistan between 1998 and 2000. “The [Pakistani] army is primed to see how the Modi government will react to this infiltration.”

India, Pakistan Trade Military Fire and Diplomatic Threats on Border

And here is the bottom line of this whole charade that Pakistan has created. It is only down to a simple equation of what the new India gov't will do. This is so old....

 

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You can read all the basic rhetoric on this article, the link is below.

The important part is this:

It is unknown whether arguments in favor of military operations have surpassed those calling for restraint. What is certain however is that it would be extremely costly for Modi to tolerate large-scale acts of terrorism. The latter holds true because the public discourse in India has exhausted its patience over Pakistan’s persistent violent behavior, and is thus prepared to bear the costs of conflict, limited or otherwise.

In my opinion, Pakistan has always pushed the Indian public to it's brink, but with it's government supporting the public's opinion over this matter, the gov't has a stronger hand in dealing with this situation know and the future. Just to give you an example, today the Pakistan reply on full scale war was dwarfed by the Pakistanie gov't. Clearly show the retaliation by the Indian side has shown the results of such behavior.


Nishank Motwani is a doctoral candidate at the University of New South Wales in Canberra and at the Australian Defence Force Academy, where he is researching the regional dynamics of the conflict in Afghanistan. He has master's degrees in Strategic Studies and Diplomatic Studies from the Australian National University. He can be contacted by email at nishank.motwani@gmail.com.

Searching for A Response: India’s Muddled Strategy on Pakistan

The "Berlin wall" constructed by India on it's border with Pakistan.

Indian soldiers monitoring the perimeter

An Indian Soldier monitoring the border.

Indian soldier repairing a fence.

These big @ss fences have been built for a reason, and the reason is serious enough for us to invest millions into it every year. The Indian and Intel security apparatus is quite aware of the tens of Kashmir and India specific terrorist organizations and their training camps operating on the other side of the border. Every year, hundreds are sent into the Indian side fully aided, guided and supported by covering fire from Pakistani border forces. Militant activity and infiltration increases manifold from across just before the onset of winter. India's border forces become more alert during these times and focus of hunting infiltrators who move in under Pakistani covering fire rather than paying back bullet for bullet to Pakistani cease fire violations - so why is it different this time round?.

As the US spokeswoman also said - this is a yearly phenomena - but the difference in the reaction and the counter reaction this time around is the chain of events that have taken place during the last 4 months. Pakistani establishment and it's army's desperation is writ all over the turn of events that changed the usual routine Pakistani militant infiltration and cover fire this time round.

The UNGO meetings, the change in the government in India, the upcoming Kashmir elections, the political turmoil in Pakistan, the upcoming continuous US presence in Afghanistan. The continuous criticism that is directed towards Nawaz Sharief's. The emergence of the Islamic State in Pakistan and the re-emergence of Al Qaeda in the Sub continent. The drawdown of NATO troops from the region, the continuous failure of Pakistan to internationalize the Kashmir issue and not to mention India's desire to reach out of it's sphere of influence.

What India should continue doing is to keep protecting it's borders and keep strengthening it's fences.