With due respect to the civil society in Pakistan, that country should be internationally isolated. All economic, trade, cultural, and sports ties should be suspended. I believe the majority in Pakistan want most other people around the world want. That is peace, security, and livelihood. Pakistan will be safe for the world only when their civil forces come to the fore.
The international isolation hopefully will bring a sense of collective and complete responsibility for their situation. They should also understand that a country cannot cover itself with the shield of sovereignty if it cannot fully control its land mass and people. If there are certain sections that are uncontrollable and become a headache to the world, the world has the right to self-defense.
Yet there should be no external aggression on Pakistan. This will again unify the destabilizers in that country. The message for it should be - sort out your problems and join us only when you've cured yourself of all ills.
On a related point, last night I saw a show on CNN-IBN asking viewers what should India's response to Pakistan be. Don't know why they invited the singer Abhijeet on the show. He makes a complete ass of himself on every forum. This man's speaking skills are so bad that his slanted thoughts come out crooked when he speaks.
My advise to the media, please leave Abhijeet out.
2 comments:
I guess the blog needs to consider some practical aspects (in the past and current global polarization). Until few years back, Pakistan had a complete support of US and China in most of endeavors. Even today, China is still supporting Pakistan on all international fora. So the chance happening of global isolation is very remote. By the time US distances itself from Pakistan (which will not happen, just for argument sake), Russia and/or Iran will get closer to it.
Regarding the internal issues and reforming Pakistan, that needs big revolution in that country. I don't INDIA is any different in that aspect. It need stong political will(less corrupted) and people's attitude change about their fellow citizens. These things are complicated by our social setup (I am not saying its bad, its just complicates the things to reform), low literacy and lack of population control and so on...
I totally agree. Unfortunately, while most Pakistanis like peace with India. Political parties in Pakistan cannot afford it to be that way. Like religion, caste or regional card used by Indian politicians; Kashmir is used as a card by Pakistani politicians. It has to be the citizens of both these countries to bring peace among these countries. Our cultural ties are strong, we should use that to invoke a sense of love and peace. I strongly believe, "If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?".
-K
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