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EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, July 21: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held detailed discussions with her Indian counterpart S M Krishna on July 19 at Hyderabad House, New Delhi. It was expected that she would only try to advance the American commercial interests in India, ask New Delhi to accept all of her suggestions as far as the Indo-US civil nuclear deal is concerned and tell New Delhi that US could not help New Delhi eradicate the Pakistani-sponsored terror and it actually happened. It was also expected that she would not direct Pakistan to hold aloof from the Indian Jammu and Kashmir and destroy terrorist-training camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied territories and she came up to this expectation.
The basic objectives behind the Clinton's Indian visit were to persuade New Delhi to create a job market for the Americans in India, purchase old war planes from US and enrich the American economy, invest more money in America so that additional job opportunities are created there for the unemployed Americans and so on and she focused on these issues during her lengthy discussion with Krishna. Her discussions did not leave anyone in New Delhi in any doubt that Pakistan continues to remain the US' trusted strategic ally, notwithstanding the fact it suspended military aid to Pakistan only a few days ago. Washington D C took this decision because Pakistan had, according to US, not done enough to destroy the dreaded Taliban and Al-Qaeda operatives and that Pakistan had, instead of using the American aid for this purpose, strengthened her own military machine to further the Pakistani geo-political interests.
The suspension of military aid is a temporary measure and there are reasons to believe that the US may restore military aid to Pakistan sooner than later. US needs Pakistani help not only in Pakistan but also in Afghanistan where at least 70,000 American troops are engaged in countering the Taliban and other terrorists, all against US. It not only wants a foolproof security for the American troops and NATO forces till the time they are there in Afghanistan. US President Barack Obama has declared that the American forces would be pulled back from Afghanistan by 2014. So, US need the Pakistani support. Pakistan also needs the US support because Islamabad is not only interested in extending its influence to the Indian Jammu and Kashmir but also wants to establish her stranglehold over Afghanistan. The fact of the matter of the matter is that the American interests and the Pakistani interests overlap in this region and, hence, the American dependence upon Pakistan. Yet another fact that has forced US not to precipitate matters is the fast-developing friendly relations between Islamabad and Beijing (China). US just can't afford to leave the field open for China in this strategic reason.
There are several other factors which force US not to take an extreme stand on Islamabad and the experts in the strategic affairs are fully aware of them and, hence, no further reflection on what US think about Pakistan. For India what mattered was the US' positive attitude towards the Indian concerns - scourge of terrorism and Kashmir - but Clinton left New Delhi high and dry. Krishna reportedly raked up the issue of terror during the discussion, but without evoking any positive response. Clinton simply said: "They have asked Pakistan to tackle the menace of terrorism; they will continue to do so in future; but, then, there is a limit that cannot be crossed." She also said: "She would want Pakistan to bring to justice perpetrators of 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks; but, again, US cannot dictate terms."
Clinton took this stand, notwithstanding the fact that the Americans do not mind catching and killing her enemies deep inside other countries. Pakistan's Abbotabad is simply one example. US security agencies had captured and killed Osama bin Laden at Abbotabad, near Islamabad, without informing Pakistan. Clinton and others in US who deal with the country's foreign policy and internal security have declared umpteen times that US would again strike in case of need.
Her message was loud and clear: India has to fend for herself. And, why not? India is a sovereign country. It is for New Delhi to defend and promote her geo-political and sovereign interests. It has to evolve a suitable foreign policy and policy to tackle Jammu and Kashmir. Why should US, or for that matter any other country, should promote the Indian interests at the cost of her own strategic interests? But the basic question is: Do the Prime Minister and UPA chairperson, who plays all the shots and controls everyone as she has put her own persons at all the sensitive places - South Block and North Block - want to protect and advance further the Indian interests in the region, including Afghanistan? The answer to this question is not really difficult. Everyone in India who considers himself/herself India has been witnessing the political behaviour of the Prime Minister and the UPA chairperson with his/her own eyes. He/she is of the view that New Delhi doesn't have its own foreign policy and that it is US, Pakistan, European Union and who not who have been shaping the so-called Indian foreign policy. And, Such things can happen only in India. |
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