First, not everything in the world revolves around India. And second, the 9/11 attacks and al qaeda's grievances against the United States have nothing to do with India; I have no idea where you came up with this zero sum calculation connecting the decline in attacks upon India to the rise in attacks in the West. The number of successful attacks in the West have been miniscule while the decline of attacks in Kashmir has been massive. The main reason for the precipitous decline in violence in Kashmir is because of American pressure upon Pakistan, not some offset count of terror attacks in the West.
Everything on subcontinent and IOR revolves around India.Thats the one reason it was always called as indian subcontinent.Thats diffrent thing india has not not imposed its equivalence of Monroe doctrine in IOR and didnt kick out USA from Diego Garcia till now.(/11 and alqaida's is just another part of the same coin which was directed towards west by pakistan from afghanistan by taliban's help and one part was was directed towards india through L-e-T and other assorted groups.the hypocrisy of west was while it called alqaida as terrorists and reffered to as L-e-T as freedom fighters and strategic assets whole throughout 1980-2008.9/11 did change west hypocrisy a bit but it concentrated only on terror groups who attacked its interests.otherwise before 9/11 west was totally encouraging Pakistan by calling terror groups as freedom fighters throughout 1980-200 period.26/11 gave west a wake up call were western and israeli citizens were specifically targeted and killed after checking their passports in hotel taj.and in same hotel taj Turkish were left unharmed.
No its not american pressure on pakistan which reduced militancy in kashmir.It was indian counter terror ops which were successful in kashmir reduced those militancy.Its american habit to take credit away from everyone else.IA can teach some counter-terror lessons to usa too so atleast they can be successful in future war and dot repeat failures like Vietnam,Iraq and Afghanistan.
The West/ USA wasn't out to divert Pakistan sponsored terrorism toward India as a prophylactic measure (I believe the nationalist theory is that the West did this to "keep India down"... which is both untrue and laughable). The truth of the matter is that India simply did not matter at the time. I won't deny for a second that the US' patronage, or rather unchecked patronage of Pakistan has been cataclysmic; however this wasn't done with India in mind; India was a fleeting thought at best.
It was both patronage and moral support of west that made terror attacks successful in india.BTW it was usa supplied stinger with downed mig-27 in kargil.USA still didnt come clean on david headley lest it will reveal usa's hand in 26/11 rather than pakistan's .There is no secret about usa CIA collaborating with terror groups through out the world.
The two things that have changed since 9/11 are 1) The attacks on US home soil and 2) India became a far more influential nation and a major player in global commerce. Whenever a nation becomes economically and socially important the perception toward them changes as do the rules... that is a basic (albeit unfair) fact of life.
India has become more influential coz usa has declined. btw usa never had any influence on india throughout its 64 years.
Also, the defining factor in the 26/11 attacks wasn't the killing of Western citizens, but that it was the first time there was undeniable and palpable evidence of the Pakistan connection.
Western citizens were targeted and killed after checking their passport.otherwise turkisk couples were left unharmed in the same taj hotel room.Israelis were targeted coz of palestine issue and usa support to israel.And it was not the first time that the evidence of pakistan connection were bought forward it was through out 1990s india bought evidence against pakistan but as usual west kept its head buried in sand untill 9/11.btw omar sheikh who hijacked indian airline plane to karachi then to kabul was the same man who killed daniel pearl after 9/11.Untill dainel pearl's beheading west never cared about omar sheik living happily in pakistan.Another evidence india bought against was illias kashmiri many times in 1990s but west never cared untill he started targeting usa forces in afghanistan.
So thats why i said only solution to pakistan terror problem against india is that india must direct these terror plots originating from pakistan towards western interests.9/11,london,madrid train blasts,bali bombng may be bad for west but it bought lot of relief to indian citizens.
bottomline is more the western lives are lost in terror attacks originating from pak more indian lives can be saved.
It was never realistic to begin
A Paki apologiser actually accepting that their Pakhana land is the epicenter of terrorism in the world. Hundred likes women
