I second that. I am more of a fix the problem in one go guy. Our inability to force a closure to the issue has cost us dearly in men and material.
We can get more material but losing so many men regularly is a pain. We should take out the root of the problem.
The only point I was making is, both sides dont give a hoot to the border norms now. We did earlier but now if we see a launch pad we hit it hard with anything thats lying around including 155s. If we do that cannot cry foul over the other guy shelling us.
The only way out is crossing the line and pushing them out. If we can restore the original borders with Kashmir, Pindi comes in range. Let them try shelling then.
The core problem is totally political in nature.
Assume - Kashmir issue is solved & Pakistan is no longer a threat. For the political class, this is not a very good news - now they have one less item on their plate to use for their political gains, during elections. People are very easily swayed the moment "Pakistan" is brought to limelight, so if that "Hated Villain" is no longer part of the equation, what can they use in its place, something which will have an equally strong effect?
If our politicians had the will, we wouldn't have squandered all the opportunities we got - once is a mistake, twice is carelessness, after that it is sheer deliberation. I don't belive we backed out of solving the Pak issue out being all good and righteous, but we did coz we (our politicians) don't want this to get resolved. The constant loss of life and property at the LOC, and the economic cost of it and the lives of the people living near border are secondary.
In Pakistan, their government i.e. their army & ISI and our politicians are guilty of the same thing. Using the border issue for their own gains, for Pak it is lavish lifestyle of their army heads and here, it is political agenda.
Neither has any government solved the issue in past nor will any government solve it in future.
All the bluster and verbal fireworks before election is just that - means to an end for the party in question. Also, I am not targeting any specific party, all the political parties - past, present who have been in power is guilty of the above. I believe, those who will come in future, will follow the same path.
