And what is that supposed to mean?

This is how it works or supposed to worked in the mind of Paks.

(1) India (doves and hawks included) should yield to the terroritorial or other demands of “Pakistan”.

(2) India cannot and should not respond to the jihadi tterror war of “Pakistan” on the unarmed civilians of India because if it did there will be nuclear war.

How is that strategy working for you?

Julia, you have asked the million dollar question! very smart.

The short answer is no.

See, the British dismissed the very idea of India as one country and ridiculed the concept. They thought the dirt poor Hindus are so diverse, with their language and other divisions, cannot stay together.

Pakistan founder led the separatist movement based on the supremacist idea, that identity based on religion forms a more solid foundation for Pakistani nationhood. The problem is Muslims live in the length and breadth of Indian Subcontinent, currently muslims are divided 1/3rd each in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

The idea was based on exclusivism and hatred. After separating people based on religion, he claimed Pakistan will be a secular country. This contradiction is the root cause of Pakistan’s existential problems.

Not only that the British and “Pakistani” ideologues believed Pakistan will be the stronger country militarily and economically. Alas, things haven’t turned out the way they fantasized.

This is the idea behind attacking India’s commercial capitol Bombay repeatedly, hoping to undermine India’s economy. A couple of years ago they attacked Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, smaller scale attack that flopped.

In other words, typical loser mentality. Don’t work hard, don’T focus on education and don’t build a country, but attack your neighbour out of Freudian “you know what” envy.

I’m curious. Do they think they didn’t get the good land? Or what is the problem with the division of land?

The conflict between India and Pakistan is an ideological one, not a territorial dispute or a religious dispute. Let me clarify they are out to prove Hindus and Muslims cannot be one country, and they say so openly. Paks think Indian Muslims have to be taken care of by them, an idea increasingly resented by Indian Muslims.

FIRST, Pakistan army has not decided to stop using terrorism as an instrument of state policy.

Some reasons there is some appearance of co-operation from Pakistan are—- (1) single Pakistani was caught alive in Mumbai and spilled beans, (2) dire internal security, economic problems and (3) intense international scrutiny.

SECOND, “ Pakistan ” is an ideological state defined in terms of anti-India, out to prove the idea of India is wrong. We don’t have such issues with them if they live peacefully with the land they got.

Here is an analysis of what is taught in Pakistani schools in Urudu , Pakistan studies classes.

http://www.sdpi.org/whats_new/reporton/State%20of%20Curr&TextBooks.pdf

We don’t have India studies, or Hindusim studies in indian schools and colleges!! I don’t know how many Indians know …students are required to take “ Pakistan studies” at technical and medical colleges!!

Here is a link to the curriculum of Rawalpindi Medical College :

http://www.rmc.edu.pk/pros_collegesession.htm

THIRD,

India left partition behind in 1947, Pakistan hasn’t. They never kept their side of bargain. Thier founder Jinnah claimed (EMPTY WORDS), Pakistan would be a muslim majority tolerant state, we know it is anything but tolerant. Gen Musharaff talked about Gujarat riots at the United Nations in 2002. Where does this fit with the nonsensical claim of Kashmir as the core dispute? And where are the Pakistani Hindus? eXTERMINATED FROM 23% OF POPULATION TO LESS THAN <2% LIVING IN THE FRINGES IN PAKISTAN.

The people who drive Pakistan (Army, ISI, Punjabi elite) view themselves as the inheritor of the Islamic Empire in the sub-continent and India is the Hindu country where muslims are enslaved. Thus nothing will placate their implacable hostility. Each and every single war 1948, 65, 71, 99 and the near wars of 2002, 2008 were all started by Pakistan because the curriculum above produces a militant, warrior society.

It is a serious misreading to claim Pakistan army is the root of the problems. P.A is merely a reflection of its society.