The Kashmir conflict in India is a prime example how national pride has led to the Indian government to an unsolvable situation. Kashmir is a mountainous region, with the only thing of note being the mountain K2. The Government spends more money on it than it earns from most of the other states, and in fair honesty, an outsider such as me cannot see where the money goes. But on the other hand, with more terrorist groups forming in India, in the north-east for example, or even in the heartland, as the police would leave us to believe in the aftermath of the Delhi blasts. The government backing out of Kashmir would send a signal to the others that the government can be beaten, and then the country would erupt in conflict. So now it seems that there is no way out of this situation completely, but there are several possibilities.
ttttttttThe first possibility is to withdraw completely form Kashmir,using the saved money to strenghten the security forces, and build up industry. This could be accomplished without cross border militants if India asks the UN to interfere and help guarantee Kashmir's Independence. It might also be conductive to work with the new Pakistani government to help guarantee Kashmir's Independence. If international assistance does not work then any savings would probably have to be used to strenghten the army. This would probably be the best solution. Another solution would be to spend extensively and develop the state to such a point where nobody would want to join any military outfits, and any who filter in from across the border will immeadtitly be reported. This plan would be hard to implement, requiring strong leadership over decades, upto trillions of USD over a 25 year period, not only to implement new industries and services, but to protect them.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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