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Its is the height of impertinence to inform India that she must withdraw troops from the Pakistan border first, to reduce tensions in the region so that Pakistan can continue fighting a fake war on behalf of America. India never moved substantial troops to the border of Pakistan in the first place after Mumbai 26/11, as stated by the head of the Indian army, and indeed it was Pakistan which actually moved some troops to the Indian border in anticipation of an Indian backlash. In all events India must maintain her vigilance against cross border insurgency, especially in Kashmir, and in addition heightened vigilance along the whole of the Indo-Pak border in light of the security situation in the region.
Its is the height of impertinence to inform India that she must withdraw troops from the Pakistan border first, and direct India as to what she must do with her defense strategy, and troop deployment when the country advising is in a fine royal mess in Iraq and Afghanistan in the first place, strategically.
Its is the height of impertinence to inform India that she must withdraw troops from the Pakistan border first, to ease negative apprehensions on Pakistan's part, when America unofficially for free has been pouring $10 billion worth of arms into Pakistan since 2001, arms systems which are then directed against India.
Its is the height of impertinence to inform India that she must withdraw troops from the Pakistan border first, when America has been pouring in economic aid into Pakistan, some of which could then lead to further arms purchases by the Pakistan military. $15 billion for the next 10 years; $5 billion one off payment and $7.6 billion IMF loans, in addition to Gulf State loans unspecified.
Its is the height of impertinence to inform India that she must withdraw troops from the Pakistan border first, when America through the Pakistan military for the better part of 30 years or more has been encouraging the arming and funding of some very extreme radical fundamentalist Islamic groups, some of which operate against India, and the resultant death of up to 50,000 Kashmiris, and the huge cost of maintaining 500,000 security forces in Kashmir by India.
Its is the height of impertinence to inform India that she must withdraw troops from the Pakistan border first when the USA destabilizes Pakistan and replaces one USA puppet, Busharaf with another USA/UK puppet, Zardari whose well known sleazy background and less than one year in office performance leaves much to be desired. His ascendancy into power has allowed certain extremist elements in Pakistan to become very bold recently under a weak government in Islamabad, and which also subsequently concerns and impacts on India. India for better or for worse was happy with Musharaf, as at least under him India knew who was in charge in Pakistan and whom to hold to account. Zardari from India's perspective apprehends insecurity and uncertainty.
There is much hype and talk by the American media and the Anglophone media and "Bollywood" in India of a "strategic partnership" and a warming of friendship between India and the USA, beyond the fourth grade promise however of making India into a great power by the USA, in the substantive matters, briefly highlighted above where it counts its been quite the opposite with a flourish and a smile.
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US asks India to pull back troops from Pak border
NDTV Correspondent
India has come under unexpected pressure from the US; NDTV has learnt that the Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon has been told that it's India, and not Pakistan that should make the first moves towards restoring peace.
The US has asked India to pullback troops from the Pakistan border.
Outraged, India has told US that Pakistan is responsible for tension between the two countries. India has also told the US that it hadn't deployed extra troops after the Mumbai attacks. Rather it was Pakistan which has sent thousands of troops.
However, India on Thursday also clarified the Mumbai terror attacks had nothing to do with its relationship with Pakistan.
But External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that India still believes terrorists used Pakistani soil and infrastructure in that country to launch the 26/11 attacks.
The reason for the latest US move is that President Barack Obama is gearing up to launch a bigger military offensive in Afghanistan.
For this, he needs more Pakistani troops to help along the volatile Afghan-Pakistan border, troops, which Islamabad moved to the Indian border.
It's obvious that America has its own compulsions at this point that have led it to put pressure on India in this manner.
