Dr. Jai Maharaj
2019-02-21 01:32:23 UTC
Pakistan must be destroyed!
By Harbir Singh in Cogito Ergo Sum
The Times of India, timesofindia.indiatimes.com
February 18, 2019, 10:27 AM IST
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/cogito-ergo-sum/pakistan-must-be-destroyed/
Delenda Carthago Est, Cato the Elder used to urge the Roman
Senate. "Carthage must be destroyed." In 146BC, the Roman
general Scipio Aemilianus razed Carthage to the ground and
sold its entire population into slavery. Carthaginians were
never again to trouble Rome again. The hour has come for
India to echo Cato the Elder's clarity. Pakistan must be
destroyed.
India's post-partition relations with Pakistan should have
been as benign as they are with Iran, Afghanistan, and
later Bangladesh, but they are not. Pakistan has waged war
on India and driven devastating murderous religious wars in
India continuously ever since it was born in 1947. Those
who would have us believe that Pakistan has legitimate
grievances against India say that Indian bullying and
imperialism is the reason for the Indo-Pak conflict, and
that a resolution of the Kashmir issue would bring peace.
This is completely false.
Were Kashmir resolved to Pakistan's satisfaction, the
Islamic Republic would not lay down its arms. Its military
would not leave the stage, the vast cadre of Jihad it has
built would not disband. Instead, it would be taken as the
triumph of the Mujahideen against the Hindu, and a
validation of Pakistan's ambitions, perseverance, and
methods. Flushed with success, Pakistan would press the
advantage with more separatist movements in India, more
insurgencies, more narratives of the persecution of
Muslims, to hammer wedges into the fault lines and
fractures of the Indian Union till they widen beyond the
capacity of the Indian state to heal them, leading
ultimately to the break-up of the Republic of India.
Have no doubts about it. Pakistan is waging Jihad against
India, it has been doing so since the moment of its
creation, and it will never stop.
There are only two choices before us: One, pretend that it
is not so, pretend that Pakistan has not created
devastating socio-political crises for India, pretend that
Pakistan is an ineffectual annoyance that can be endured
for another 100 years and more.
Or two, face the reality that an enormously powerful
organized machinery of Jihad sits astride the Sindhu River,
in the heart of Ancient India, on this side of the Khyber
Pass, constantly striving to shatter the Republic that the
Hindus have built for themselves, unable to digest that the
dominion of Islam over the Hindus has passed and determined
to subdue the idolaters once more.
The reality is that we do not have the luxury to sit
bunkered down and inactive, hoping to endure the next 70
years of Pakistan's assault as we have endured it over the
last 70. Pakistan is working overtime to revive the
Khalistan movement and has made enormous strides in
organizing Sikh communities in Canada and elsewhere, that
are rooted in the villages of Punjab, towards a resurgence
of Khalistani activism. Inactivity at this juncture will
only leave Punjab aflame again in a few years, Hindu and
Sikh conflict exploding. The youth of Kashmir can already
be seen to have become radicalized and hateful of India
beyond anything this author has seen hitherto, while the
state administration has sat idle and inactive for over 15
years, letting Pakistani Islamist ideological cancer spread
unchecked.
This cannot be allowed to continue. The security and
continued existence of the Indian Republic depend on
pushing the world of Mujahideen and Ghazis to the other
side of the Khyber Pass and out of the Indian subcontinent,
and exterminating the ideology and organizations of Jihad
from the subcontinent. That requires the complete
destruction of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Let's have no illusions about this. There are no talks and
treaties that can cleanse Pakistan of the obsession to wage
Jihad upon the Hindus. If the Republic of India does not
bring about the destruction of Pakistan, godfather of
Jihad, then it cannot secure itself from the forces of
Islamism that have been active in the subcontinent ever
since Iqbal switched from "Sare Jahan se Accha Hindustan
hamara" to "Muslim hain hum, Sara Jahan Hamara".
The only question is whether India has the gumption, the
cunning, and the will to do what is necessary. Our record
is poor. In 1965, our forces reached Lahore and were called
back. We could have solved the problem right then. There
would have then been no Khalistan movement, no genocide in
Bangladesh, no Kashmir problem, no KP refugees, no nuclear
threat, and the hundreds of thousands of Indian citizens,
soldiers and civilians, who have died because of Pakistan's
villainy would have been spared the horror.
In 1971, again Pakistan was saved because Indira Gandhi,
her political position as an Iron Lady secured, preferred
to throw away the victory won by our soldiers, rather than
stand up to the Americans and finish the job once and for
all.
The opinion of those in the know is that India's military
preparedness for a war with Pakistan is poor. Lt. General
KJ Singh wrote in Times of India, "Pragmatically
considering our current state of equipment and ammunition
inventory, we seem to lack the decisive edge and requisite
force asymmetry for a full scale conventional war".
This ought not come as a surprise to anyone who understands
the nature and mentality of politics and bureaucracy in
India. Let's be very clear on this: India has managed to
hold off Pakistan for 70 years only because of our vast
size advantage. Were Pakistan the same size as India in
resources, population and economy, India would have ceased
to exist decades ago. If we have held our ground, it is not
because of any commitment, drive and competence on the part
of our elected officials, bureaucrats, and diplomats.
Prime Minister Modi faces an overwhelming challenge in
turning the ship of the Indian State to deal with the
existential challenge of Pakistan. He is beset by an
establishment that urges caution, talks, cool-headedness,
limited action, constantly reminds him of the nuclear
threat, the Chinese threat, while tying up India's
preparedness for war in committees, red tape and
corruption.
Mr. Modi must understand that how India relates to Pakistan
is a prisoner of an Indian establishment that would rather
do nothing and has spent decades ensuring that nothing can
be done. And he must figure out how this is to be changed
so that India acquires and exercises military power
advantage over Pakistan that is commensurate to India's
vastly greater resources.
More than anything, we need gumption. We need to switch
from constantly fearing the consequences of any action we
take, to boldly taking action that terrifies the enemy and
drives him into anxiety and fear. "Surgical strikes" will
not do. Pakistan's strategy, from Mumbai to Pulwama, of
filling our TV screens with the images of the blood and
bodies of our people splattered across our streets, is a
form of psychological terrorism straight out of the ISIS
playbook. Killing a few Pakistani soldiers in the dark of
night is not a meaningful response. Indian response to
Pakistani military sponsored Jihadist terrorism should be
scenes of corresponding carnage on Pakistani soil, scaled
up from any act committed in India.
The attack on Pulwama should have been followed by a
massive BrahMos missile barrage upon Hafiz Saeed's compound
in Muridke, near Lahore. If that would be an act of war,
then let it be so. Or are we so afraid of war, and so
deficient in cunning, that Pakistan can carry on brazenly
without fear of Nuclear War but we can do nothing in return
because we're terrified of Nuclear War? Why is Pakistan not
the slightest bit frightened of our nukes but we are
paralyzed into inaction by theirs? It really all comes down
to political and bureaucratic leadership that has never
pushed itself to create and maintain India's mastery in war
and foreign relations. Let us remember that the US brought
about the destruction of the USSR despite the threat of
nuclear Armageddon. We have no choice but to achieve the
same for Pakistan!
India's international standing is weak. No one takes
initiatives like the Quad seriously because no one has any
expectation that India can be relied up to back up its
allies with aggression and boldness when called upon. But
if there was ever an American president who would back a
bold and decisive play by India and provide political cover
and resources, its Donald Trump. If there was ever a time
that Britain can be pushed to support India internationally
against state sponsors of terrorism, its now, as Britain
looks to India for political, security and trade
relationships in the post-Brexit scenario.
Let us also face the ghosts of 1962. China has never acted
militarily against India in support of Pakistan. It
provides economic, equipment and diplomatic advantages to
Pakistan, but the Indian fear of a "two front war" needs to
be tested. China has never come to Pakistan's aid
militarily, not in 1965, not in 1971, not in 1999.
Realistically, it is virtually impossible that China would
declare war on India, sink Indian ships, attack Indian
bases were India to get tough with Pakistan. The Sino-
Pakistan relationship is not so strong as to trip China
into war when its own strategic calculus does not call for
it. India must call Pakistan's China bluff, or the fear of
China will forever keep us afraid of dealing with Pakistan.
Let us be clear: If every such attack by Pakistan slips
from the news after some minor and irrelevant response has
been made, it will only be a matter of decades before
Pakistan's plans come to fruition, and the Indian Republic,
paralyzed by inactivity, indifference and cowardice, does
crack apart at the seams.
If that is not an outcome we want, Pakistan has to be
destroyed and we have to gear up to make it happen.
Starting now.
DISCLAIMER: Views expressed above are the author's own.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/cogito-ergo-sum/pakistan-must-be-destroyed/
More news and views at:
The Times of India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.jai-maharaj
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educational purposes of research and open discussion. The
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not necessarily represent the opinion of the poster. The
contents are protected by copyright law and the exemption
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may not have read the article. FAIRSE NOTICE: This
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for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you
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Since newsgroup posts are being removed by forgery by one
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times.
By Harbir Singh in Cogito Ergo Sum
The Times of India, timesofindia.indiatimes.com
February 18, 2019, 10:27 AM IST
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/cogito-ergo-sum/pakistan-must-be-destroyed/
Delenda Carthago Est, Cato the Elder used to urge the Roman
Senate. "Carthage must be destroyed." In 146BC, the Roman
general Scipio Aemilianus razed Carthage to the ground and
sold its entire population into slavery. Carthaginians were
never again to trouble Rome again. The hour has come for
India to echo Cato the Elder's clarity. Pakistan must be
destroyed.
India's post-partition relations with Pakistan should have
been as benign as they are with Iran, Afghanistan, and
later Bangladesh, but they are not. Pakistan has waged war
on India and driven devastating murderous religious wars in
India continuously ever since it was born in 1947. Those
who would have us believe that Pakistan has legitimate
grievances against India say that Indian bullying and
imperialism is the reason for the Indo-Pak conflict, and
that a resolution of the Kashmir issue would bring peace.
This is completely false.
Were Kashmir resolved to Pakistan's satisfaction, the
Islamic Republic would not lay down its arms. Its military
would not leave the stage, the vast cadre of Jihad it has
built would not disband. Instead, it would be taken as the
triumph of the Mujahideen against the Hindu, and a
validation of Pakistan's ambitions, perseverance, and
methods. Flushed with success, Pakistan would press the
advantage with more separatist movements in India, more
insurgencies, more narratives of the persecution of
Muslims, to hammer wedges into the fault lines and
fractures of the Indian Union till they widen beyond the
capacity of the Indian state to heal them, leading
ultimately to the break-up of the Republic of India.
Have no doubts about it. Pakistan is waging Jihad against
India, it has been doing so since the moment of its
creation, and it will never stop.
There are only two choices before us: One, pretend that it
is not so, pretend that Pakistan has not created
devastating socio-political crises for India, pretend that
Pakistan is an ineffectual annoyance that can be endured
for another 100 years and more.
Or two, face the reality that an enormously powerful
organized machinery of Jihad sits astride the Sindhu River,
in the heart of Ancient India, on this side of the Khyber
Pass, constantly striving to shatter the Republic that the
Hindus have built for themselves, unable to digest that the
dominion of Islam over the Hindus has passed and determined
to subdue the idolaters once more.
The reality is that we do not have the luxury to sit
bunkered down and inactive, hoping to endure the next 70
years of Pakistan's assault as we have endured it over the
last 70. Pakistan is working overtime to revive the
Khalistan movement and has made enormous strides in
organizing Sikh communities in Canada and elsewhere, that
are rooted in the villages of Punjab, towards a resurgence
of Khalistani activism. Inactivity at this juncture will
only leave Punjab aflame again in a few years, Hindu and
Sikh conflict exploding. The youth of Kashmir can already
be seen to have become radicalized and hateful of India
beyond anything this author has seen hitherto, while the
state administration has sat idle and inactive for over 15
years, letting Pakistani Islamist ideological cancer spread
unchecked.
This cannot be allowed to continue. The security and
continued existence of the Indian Republic depend on
pushing the world of Mujahideen and Ghazis to the other
side of the Khyber Pass and out of the Indian subcontinent,
and exterminating the ideology and organizations of Jihad
from the subcontinent. That requires the complete
destruction of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Let's have no illusions about this. There are no talks and
treaties that can cleanse Pakistan of the obsession to wage
Jihad upon the Hindus. If the Republic of India does not
bring about the destruction of Pakistan, godfather of
Jihad, then it cannot secure itself from the forces of
Islamism that have been active in the subcontinent ever
since Iqbal switched from "Sare Jahan se Accha Hindustan
hamara" to "Muslim hain hum, Sara Jahan Hamara".
The only question is whether India has the gumption, the
cunning, and the will to do what is necessary. Our record
is poor. In 1965, our forces reached Lahore and were called
back. We could have solved the problem right then. There
would have then been no Khalistan movement, no genocide in
Bangladesh, no Kashmir problem, no KP refugees, no nuclear
threat, and the hundreds of thousands of Indian citizens,
soldiers and civilians, who have died because of Pakistan's
villainy would have been spared the horror.
In 1971, again Pakistan was saved because Indira Gandhi,
her political position as an Iron Lady secured, preferred
to throw away the victory won by our soldiers, rather than
stand up to the Americans and finish the job once and for
all.
The opinion of those in the know is that India's military
preparedness for a war with Pakistan is poor. Lt. General
KJ Singh wrote in Times of India, "Pragmatically
considering our current state of equipment and ammunition
inventory, we seem to lack the decisive edge and requisite
force asymmetry for a full scale conventional war".
This ought not come as a surprise to anyone who understands
the nature and mentality of politics and bureaucracy in
India. Let's be very clear on this: India has managed to
hold off Pakistan for 70 years only because of our vast
size advantage. Were Pakistan the same size as India in
resources, population and economy, India would have ceased
to exist decades ago. If we have held our ground, it is not
because of any commitment, drive and competence on the part
of our elected officials, bureaucrats, and diplomats.
Prime Minister Modi faces an overwhelming challenge in
turning the ship of the Indian State to deal with the
existential challenge of Pakistan. He is beset by an
establishment that urges caution, talks, cool-headedness,
limited action, constantly reminds him of the nuclear
threat, the Chinese threat, while tying up India's
preparedness for war in committees, red tape and
corruption.
Mr. Modi must understand that how India relates to Pakistan
is a prisoner of an Indian establishment that would rather
do nothing and has spent decades ensuring that nothing can
be done. And he must figure out how this is to be changed
so that India acquires and exercises military power
advantage over Pakistan that is commensurate to India's
vastly greater resources.
More than anything, we need gumption. We need to switch
from constantly fearing the consequences of any action we
take, to boldly taking action that terrifies the enemy and
drives him into anxiety and fear. "Surgical strikes" will
not do. Pakistan's strategy, from Mumbai to Pulwama, of
filling our TV screens with the images of the blood and
bodies of our people splattered across our streets, is a
form of psychological terrorism straight out of the ISIS
playbook. Killing a few Pakistani soldiers in the dark of
night is not a meaningful response. Indian response to
Pakistani military sponsored Jihadist terrorism should be
scenes of corresponding carnage on Pakistani soil, scaled
up from any act committed in India.
The attack on Pulwama should have been followed by a
massive BrahMos missile barrage upon Hafiz Saeed's compound
in Muridke, near Lahore. If that would be an act of war,
then let it be so. Or are we so afraid of war, and so
deficient in cunning, that Pakistan can carry on brazenly
without fear of Nuclear War but we can do nothing in return
because we're terrified of Nuclear War? Why is Pakistan not
the slightest bit frightened of our nukes but we are
paralyzed into inaction by theirs? It really all comes down
to political and bureaucratic leadership that has never
pushed itself to create and maintain India's mastery in war
and foreign relations. Let us remember that the US brought
about the destruction of the USSR despite the threat of
nuclear Armageddon. We have no choice but to achieve the
same for Pakistan!
India's international standing is weak. No one takes
initiatives like the Quad seriously because no one has any
expectation that India can be relied up to back up its
allies with aggression and boldness when called upon. But
if there was ever an American president who would back a
bold and decisive play by India and provide political cover
and resources, its Donald Trump. If there was ever a time
that Britain can be pushed to support India internationally
against state sponsors of terrorism, its now, as Britain
looks to India for political, security and trade
relationships in the post-Brexit scenario.
Let us also face the ghosts of 1962. China has never acted
militarily against India in support of Pakistan. It
provides economic, equipment and diplomatic advantages to
Pakistan, but the Indian fear of a "two front war" needs to
be tested. China has never come to Pakistan's aid
militarily, not in 1965, not in 1971, not in 1999.
Realistically, it is virtually impossible that China would
declare war on India, sink Indian ships, attack Indian
bases were India to get tough with Pakistan. The Sino-
Pakistan relationship is not so strong as to trip China
into war when its own strategic calculus does not call for
it. India must call Pakistan's China bluff, or the fear of
China will forever keep us afraid of dealing with Pakistan.
Let us be clear: If every such attack by Pakistan slips
from the news after some minor and irrelevant response has
been made, it will only be a matter of decades before
Pakistan's plans come to fruition, and the Indian Republic,
paralyzed by inactivity, indifference and cowardice, does
crack apart at the seams.
If that is not an outcome we want, Pakistan has to be
destroyed and we have to gear up to make it happen.
Starting now.
DISCLAIMER: Views expressed above are the author's own.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/cogito-ergo-sum/pakistan-must-be-destroyed/
More news and views at:
The Times of India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.jai-maharaj
o o o
o Not for commercial use. Solely to be fairly used for the
educational purposes of research and open discussion. The
contents of this post may not have been authored by, and do
not necessarily represent the opinion of the poster. The
contents are protected by copyright law and the exemption
for fair use of copyrighted works.
o Posted for information and discussion. Views expressed by
others are not necessarily those of the poster who may or
may not have read the article. FAIRSE NOTICE: This
article may contain copyrighted material the use of which
may or may not have been specifically authorized by the
copyright owner. This material is being made available in
efforts to advance the understanding of environmental,
political, human rights, economic, democratic, scientific,
social, and cultural, etc., issues. It is believed that
this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted
material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright
Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the
material on this site is distributed without profit to
those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the
included information for research, comment, discussion and
educational purposes by subscribing to USENET newsgroups or
visiting web sites. For more information go to:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
If you wish to use copyrighted material from this article
for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you
must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
Since newsgroup posts are being removed by forgery by one
or more net terrorists, this post may be reposted several
times.