Singh sahab you are getting over bored with you arguments
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I thought I wasn't boring ? :happy_2:
There is a sound reason of not providing the help. Pakistanis want help but without Indians what's the logic?
Link. And why Pakistanis are blaming us for there ills You can see the thread on pakistani floods and in the very first post they are blaming the dam waters for the floods. So they are using this floods as an opportunity to stir anti India propaganda. You are missing my point completely, I am trying to say we should do the best in our capacity to stop the money flowing to them which will be used against us. When we know that they want our help without letting any one know, as it hurts there h&D then let them die in hell
We are not providing aid because we had a bad experience last time, by this logic we ought not to be talking to them because last time we had a bad experience but since we are, this follows that our position wrt aid is untenable.
The government is talking to Pakistan and willing to go half way but is not willing to help Pakistan in times of calamity ? And now there is a civilian govt in Pakistan !
India wants to be a responsible superpower and a stabilising factor in the world but its poor quasi failed neighbour is suffering a massive natural disaster and we don't offer to help them ?
US is currently our new BFF and yet it is the biggest benefactor of Pakistan in terms of military and aid. Why don't we sever relations with US if US continues to give money to Pakistan ?
China is our largest trading partner and we also gave aid to China, the same nation that is oppressing thousands of its people (Tibetans included), gave nukes to Pak and is goading Pakistan to fight against us ?
Right now we have our own problems to take care of. Why should we help and pour relief materials to other countries when we have a situation in Leh, Punjab and the NE part of the country? Pakistanis have their own lobby all over the world and let them get money from there. Right now we must make sure that the villages and towns in leh are rebuilt as fast as possible and a proper supply chain to be established in Punjab and Himachal. I am totally against any kind of aid to Pakistan right now. Perhaps the next time we can help. We seriously need a revamp of the disaster management department in India.
None of these problems are insurmountable, Pakistan is suffering a calamity which it can't cope with internally. GoI is not expected to cease everything and help Pakistan but to give aid for we are a responsible well meaning neighbour. (SAARC hello?)
This logic is the same espoused by those against the ISRO missions and armed forces modernisation because millions in India are starving.
We won't get any credit. Last time we provided a huge stash of relief materials to earthquake victims, they just peeled the labels and distributed them, and maintained no public record of our aid.
I know, credit shouldn't matter, righteousness should, but then what is to say that we haven't already offered to help?
No Press Release from the govt. Our whole foreign policy and even our independence movement was borne of righteousness. Ideally helping a neighbour in distress should be a no-brainer, but since we have Pakistan as a neighbour we should from a strategic PoV give token aid to reiterate our faith in their civilian govt, for any future success in talks, and to show that inspite of what Pakistan has done we are a magnanimous power and an ideal counterweight to China.
We aren't. If we're morally obliged to 'help' Pakistan, we would carry the same obligations to favour Pakistan in a lot of other things, including settling border disputes in their favour.
Actually no. Since we are a superior power it means border disputes ought to be settled in our favour but we have actually acquiesced to LoC being converted to an IB so..
I expect that line to be used by Pakistani diplomats once they realise they didn't end up with enough aid from the so called "friends of Pakistan".
That is their prerogative, if they believe in petty point scoring good for them.