Kal kare so aaj kar, aaj kare so ab - Kabir.
At least for India. We have a vibrant democracy. We are on our way to become a economic super power .Nothing and nobody can stop us.
No, you’re being delusional. We are not on our way to becoming a superpower, and it’s not that nothing can stop us from doing so. With Pakistan on our NNW, and China on our NNE, barely any self-propelling industry to speak of, measly exports, and close to no other nation that explicitly requires our manufactured goods or services, we are effectively limited and contained. Being a super power starts with the ability to engage any enemy, of any quantum, anywhere in the world. We’re not going anywhere close to that, not in the present form. But with most of our money going in the right areas (a big part of which is neutralizing one of our biggest foes for the past 6 decades, rebuilding the country of 1901), we might stand a better chance at chasing your dream of becoming an economic superpower that nobody can stop.
Those who opted for PAK just didn't want their share. They wanted the whole thing. under a united India, they might have. Pakistan is a so called democratic state with all representatives being Muslim. It has not helped them because they have another power structure called the army.
And as a result of that, they have earned an elite class that only believes in power. Evidently Pakistan’s descent to chaos is evidence that their plans didn’t work, ours did, and that doesn’t mean we can’t run the reunited state our way (as a sovereign, secular, democratic republic, to quote our Constitutional Preamble). The current Pakistan is not a secular state, it’s an Islamic Republic. They’ve been democratic and asecular at the same time, which isn’t a contradiction.
Reunification is only going to increase the problems with the current scenario we are in. I don't want taliban as my new neighbor and OSAMA waving his hands.
If you think Pakistan is less of a threat than a chaotic Afghanistan, and that you’re better-off having Pakistan as your neighbor, you really need some logical thinking. With Afghanistan as our new neighbor, and given how it relies on foreign military for its security, we stand a better chance of neutralizing the rogue elements emanating from Afghanistan once and for all. We will share a border, and our troops in the ‘enemy territory’ will have direct, logistical support from the mainland. Lack of political will, a hostile neighbor in India, and limited military ordinance are some of the reasons why Pakistan isn’t able to solve the Afghanistan problem.
No matter whether we are unified or not we will always have to spend on defense. New borders will mean new neighbors and they have to be defended.Afghanistan and Iran and central Asian countries will be neighbors and thanks to India's massive size, they will be skeptical. It's a never ending race. We will always have China on the other plate.
Whatever money we have, it will then have to be spent to reconstruct Pakistan and repay it's debt.Like a non functioning factory, it brings it mess and chaos with it
Pakistan doesn’t need reconstruction. Its infrastructure and state machinery is intact. Economic dilution is really a short-term problem. As for defense, reunifications of territory brings with it reunification of armed forces. So our armed forces will remain proportional to our mutual growth in territory. A stronger nation with lesser headaches will naturally keep the army’s growth in progress, while reducing its overhead on the economy. We actually stand a better chance against China that way. Company mergers bring with them debt consolidation. It is in the interests of both the bigger company (to merge with the smaller one with as little money to shell out) and the smaller company (since its debts are being consolidated).
These are not short term problems.Islamic radicalization is here to stay. Taliban is here to stay. Wake to the 21st century facts.
You know, by thinking that radicalization of Islam is ‘here to stay’ and a ‘fact’ (dogmatic truth), you’re effectively giving into them. That’s exactly what they want you to believe (that they’re invincible, irreversible), while the truth is far from it. Islamic radicalization is a product of social oppression, since ‘radicalization’ itself is sought as a last-resort by them to hurdle up and face a challenge. Today their challenge is India, and the people they’re mislead to believe are ‘oppressed’ in Indian Kashmir, who need ‘freedom’. When you eliminate their problems, their return to moderate Islam will be as quick as their transition to radicalism. Dissolve our boundaries, and you will solve the Kashmir problem (no more LOC, nothing to fight for). Give the youth proper education, give them jobs, give them proper social support structures, and you solve the need for every young man who is unable to make a decent and peaceful career to opt for radicalism.
As for the Taliban, the very fact that they don’t control Kabul anymore shows that they’re not here to stay, and are a very fragile, ill-equipped, and ill-trained enemy. We will be able to crush them with the same ease with which China crushes radical elements within its state.
I've been as reasonable with my arguments as possible. Let's hope it helps.
