Neighborhood Troubles !

There are about 193 countries in this world (with international recognition) and only 7 nuclear power nations (acknowledged) and India is one among them. India is a major power in this subcontinent. If India and China becomes an ally then that would be the world power and if Russia joins hand with it, well, what is there to say?

But the US knows this and always keeps an eye on it. Hence, they always pamper Pakistan and keep the Kashmir issue alive. US will never allow India and Pakistan to become friends. India is a peace loving country by nature and its history dates back to tens of thousands of years ago to Rama’s age. Lord Rama fought a war with Ravana and won over Lanka. But he did not become the King of Lanka but what he did was returning the land and making Ravana’s brother as the new King.

In 1947, India gained freedom from the British but got split in to two. Pakistan for Muslims and Hindustan for Hindus. It was a partition based on religion, though the history tells the story in a different way. But India did not become a Hindu nation but it decided to stand as a secular nation and Christians decided to stand with Hindustan or India.

Since long time Pakistan is playing with terror. And then this coup by Musharaf. He also is a promoter of terror. When the then Indian Prime Minister visited Pakistan to have peace talks and even started a bus to Pak, what this Musharaf did was infiltrating India (while the peace talk was going on) and thus the Kargil war. India won all the four (1947-48, 1965, 1971 and the Kargil war in 1999) wars started by Pakistan.

The latest episode was killing a former Pakistan Prime Minister and a prominent Pakistani leader, Benazir Bhutto. She become a victim of terror or some sort of political conspiracy. Many thought there is something fishy in it and Musharaf said he or his government has no involvement in it.

Well, what did the US do, though Musharaf’s hand was not proved or disproved (but yes, suspected)? They gave a New Year gift - $500 million worth fighter planes to Pakistan. That is the decision by a man who also had a personal war with Iraq. Bin Laden’s latest statement said the US is after oil and I think he is right, though I am not a Laden supporter.