BTN: The Ultimate Diplomatic screw up::Manmohan-Sonia's great diplomatic blunder : Indian Citizens have to pay heavy price for their inexperience

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Editorial	The Ultimate Diplomatic screw up::Manmohan-Sonia's great diplomatic blunder : Indian Citizens have to pay heavy price for their inexperience
Blog	Posted By: hindtodaynews on:12/2/2008 11:36:43 PM

First Indian Citizens have paid heavy price of scrapping of POTA and a softer lazy Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil.

Now, it is time for paying even more heavier price, because of lack of diplomatic and effective  communication skills of  Manmohan Singh Government.



If we look back, time and again, the Congress Leadership, while in power had lost many opportunities to gain upper hand in National Security and  International diplomacy. During Simla Agreement in year 1972, it had  93,000 Pakistani POWs and yet decided not to reclaim any portion from PoK.

In 1972 - India was agreed for LoC, in spite of upper hand with 90000 PoWs.;

On 22 February 1994 ,an unanimous resolution of the Indian Parliament  reclaimed PoK  (on paper) & demanded Pakistan to vacate PoK, as if Pakistan was an Indian state (J&K) & they can impose President's/Governor's Rule. Such resolutions don't mean anything to international community or Indians, without inclusion of the method to reclaim it. It was just a stunt.

It has been a week since the terror attacks in Mumbai. Pakistani PM and President have been reiterating in international media that "India has not yet provided any specific evidence".

Today, when the world is keenly looking at India for evidence , there are no specifcs. The Manmohan Singh Government failed to nullify the Pakistan Presidents international media statement ' Mumbai Terror attack perpetrators were stateless actors";in CNN's Larry King Live, the Pakistani President was replying (or at least reading through a teleprompter) in a very diplomatic way. Very cleverly he has equated the ongoing Pakistan's internal terror with that of  Lashkar-e-Tayyiba , a Pakistan-based terror group allied with al Qaeda, which is exclusively involved in anti-India terror.

Let us see - What kind of blunder - Manmohan Singh Administration did so far ?

• Pakistan's reaction to India's  top 20 most wanted was well known; this demand was made before and we had seen the actions. It was well known and Pakistan will make a similar statement  -  seeking evidence. Why it can't share the evidence with CNN (any International media) so that Larry King would have grilled the President of Pakistan ? Latest:Pakistan has virtually rejected India's demand to hand over 20 most-wanted terrorists, including Dawood Ibrahim, Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar. Even  if evidence is provided against the 20 fugitives, President Zardari said -"If we had the proof, we would try them in our courts, we would try them in our land and we would sentence them".

 Note: BTW, if I were Pakistani President, would have told Manmohan Singh -"How you will punish these 20 fugitives ? We don't trust you because so far you have not yet punished Afzal Guru. Your law of the land to deal with terrorists are weak and so please let the law of Pakistan take care of Dawood and the 19 others. If Supreme court orderes the hanging of Dawood, you might  pardon him also, because of your habit."

• In television, the lone captured terrorist's photo was shown thousand times. His name/place was disclosed as Azam Amir Kasav and media was informed that he is a Pakistani citizen;his home village was in Faridkot, near the city of Multan in the southern part of Pakistan's Punjab province. But is that enough to trace person ?. Apparently, as reported in Pakistani media,  their intelligence agents have been trying to trace his roots in the same village. They found multiple persons with same or similar name but non of his relatives or family members are traceable. So wouldn't the father's / uncle's name have given additional credibility to the evidence ? Who will explain that to our 'Sardarji' ?
  

Can't the stupid Indian Government share his father's name/uncle's name/ friend's name in addition to just the name and village ? Since nothing else was provided, in CNN interview  President Zardari said  "We have not been given any tangible proof to say that he is definitely a Pakistani. I very much doubt ... that he's a Pakistani,". Matter over.

• Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said India has not yet provided proof of the LeT's involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks.

• Influential US Senator John McCain on Tuesday opposed India launching military strikes against Pakistan in the wake of Mumbai attacks saying there was "no hard evidence yet" for such action and he would tell Islamabad to cooperate in the probe.

• In today's Dallas Morning News, there are 5 such India news items, including an editorial. All are waiting to see the evidence.
  
• External affairs minister Pranab Mukharjee, threatens of 'serious consequences' based on what ? If they couldn't convince Sen John McCain's team, how they will convince Ms. Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State.
• Moreover, while Pakistani PM and President have been engaged themshelves in series of in depth interview to CNN,NDTV - all our Indian ministers are doing is-  "issue a 1 or 2 line non-sense statement without sharing any hard evidence with media". Where are they sleeping or avoiding the security lapse questions ? How long the media will in speculation mode ?
  

With this kind of poor media management, how they can mobilise international opinion and pressurize Pakistan to 'do' instead of 'talk'. The world acknowledges that Pakistan has serious problems with in. It's President have no total control over ISI and Army. There are rogue elements with in ISI, who breed these anti-India terrorists and provide them resources. Pakistan's PM doesn't have control over the FATA (tribal) regions. Even if Osama Bin Laden is hiding there, Pak President said that - "Let the NATO people find that out using better technology & hunt them". They lack technology (or will ?) to do that.

Osama Bin laden Al-Quida is operating like McDonald franchise. Any home grown terrorist group can seek Al-Quida terrorist training & operate locally. Above all, if ISI's blessing is solicited for anti-India terror, it is available 24x7. In spite of all these, if India can't seek approval for its 'right to attack the terrorist camps' with in Pakistan, why would Pakistan care about its mocking evidences ?

The only way Pakistan will cooperate with India and handover the fugitives, when India's right to strike the terrorist camps in Pakistan is legitimized  by international community. This is much better than the 'Operation Parakram' launched by Vajpayee Government after the Parliament attack.

Dear fellow Citizens:

Please find out, how Manmohan-Sonia combine is going to screw up the unique opportunity to strike against the terrorist camps with in Pakistan - Mark my word. Another major  blunder after the Shimla agreement.

So far the following has been said to media -

 10 attackers hijacked a trawler in the Pakistani port city of Karachi -- about 575 miles (925 km) north of Mumbai -- and came ashore at Mumbai in dinghies. A global-positioning system,  found with the attackers showed they had come from Pakistan. The captain of the trawler was found dead, lying face down with his hands bound behind his back. Four crew members who had been on board were missing.

But is it sufficient to convince the international community !! At least Sen John McCain was not convinced..in addition to the Pakistani President and PM.
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