Big bully (Letter to Editor)

Author: Dr Farooq Akbar, Atlanta, Georgia
Publication: The Friday Times, Pakistan
Date: August 2 - 8, 2002

I disagree with Gaitee Ara Siddiqui's letter "Fresh start" on Kashmir (TFT July 12-18). The fact is that India is a bully, and it tends to threaten all its neighbours including China, Nepal, Burma, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and of course Pakistan. Because of India's  expansionist ideas, all of Southeast Asia remains a  destabilised region.
 
Assuming we forget and settle the Kashmir issue, India will not leave Pakistan alone. With India's belligerent nature, it will continue its historic drive to break up Pakistan and achieve the status of political superpower in the region.

Conversely, it is in the interest of Pakistan to support the Kashmiris' indigenous struggle for independence. Kashmir belongs neither to Pakistan nor to India. If Pakistan frees Kashmir from India, the positive repercussions will reverberate in Khalistan, Nagaland, Christian Deccan and Muslim Gujarat. This strategic 'break India' policy is the only way to survive a bully.
 

Back                          Top