Bollocks he wants Pakistan to give India the land route over Afghanistan as he feels "it can be used as a leverage in the future against further hostilities". He's said so himself many times.
How is this worse than what we have now? You do realise that the current trade favours India heavily and if the potential is achieved then it'll be 5:1 for India.
Leverage is a two way street. Difference here lies in how wide our part of the street is.
He's as rabid a jihadi as any, just more polished. Watch any of his "interviews", or read his articles, he's more worried about Paki irrelevance in the Indian mindset than Pakis spiralling into a quagmire of debt, anarchy and destruction. He goes on and on about "perception" and "image building". He's as snake oil salesman as any other Baki.
He is a Paki, off course he is worried about the increasing irrelevance of the atmi quwwat. I don't expect him to do Bharat Mata ki Jai.
Thing is that I don't believe that bakrichods are capable of one upping us in trade, diplomacy or strategy.
This is where the dhoti shivering comes in. Most folks here think that increased trade means funding Pindi salwars. My point is, take out 5 dollars out of their economy for every dollar they recieve from us.
There's no Baki industry of note left, Chinese have already taken care of it with their FTA. Yet it has done nothing to reduce Baki propensities to leverage terror, especially against India. Nor will it ever disappear as long as Terroristan and TSPA exist in their current form.
Bhai, PA and their hold on Paki society is directly proportional to money and influence earned by Fauji foundation. Choke them.
How is China sucking them dry is good for us?
I have spent considerable time on Paki forums outside of the defence realm and you end up realising that Pakis are really good for nothing. Their service sector is run by Western and Chini managers. Hell, they need Turks for garbage collection.
They yearn for Indian products. They drool over Indian bikes and cars. Shitty Chini manufactures like Haier are lording over their market.
None of this is about leverage as far as terrorism is concerned. India has none and this is not going to change much anyway. This is about killing them softly, their economy, their culture, their identity.
Neither is taking a Baki snake oil salesperson at his face value
He is selling me snake oil, I am paying him fake money. Trusting a Paki is out of the question.