If we had entered deep inside pakistan and tried to destroy them we would have been bombed by the US.So i think this talk of western front do destroy Pak holds no water.Independant Bangladesh would have remained a sad dream if India had not liberated them.
I think this all encompassing transborder love is creating problems for the country. Probably this the reason there is so much TOLERANCE of millions of illegals settling in the border states changing the demographic profile of the region.It seems like partition is being undone but the only benefactors seem to be millions of muslim Bangladeshis. I don't have any problem as long as a bengali muslim is a legal Indian citizen and not a fence jumper from a hostile country.
BTW your example of those two prominent Indian leaders _ both are known for their NOSTALGIA. such nostalgic & imotional people can only come up with crap like Aman-ki-asha + visiting Lahore and bringing back childhood memories.This country can have better leaders.
West Pakistan would not be a cakewalk, unlike East Pakistan since the population was not with India in West Pakistan as it was in East Pakistan. Therefore, to believe that India could totally 'destroy' Pakistan would be a non starter. What would be of import is to get swathes of POK and that was feasible to some extent. The Northern Areas, though difficult terrain, had a Shia population which was and is subjugated by the Sunni majority and so they are not well disposed to the Federal Govt at Islamabad.
In so far as the US is concerned, the point is well taken. In fact, if one reads documents of that era, one would realise that the US was worried of the prospect of India's larger ambition towards the West since they were very chary of Mrs Indira Gandhi, who was no one's handmaiden.
Bombing India by the US? The US is a very pragmatic country and is not quixotic. Even Iraq and Afghanistan are no whimsical adventures. There is a method to their madness so to say. Yet, some of their calculations went wrong. Now, could the US really undertake a bombing campaign indefinitely? And to what avail? The landmass of India is not a postage stamp! Think about the repercussions internationally of bombing a large country like India with no apparent reason. In fact, India did not go into West Pakistan is because of the diplomatic manoeuvres of not only the US and Europeans, but also that of Russia!
The issue of South Asia tranquillity or neutralising Bangladesh and the issue of illegals are two different issues. The ingress of illegals is a political chicanery of both the Congress and CPM; the former in Assam and the latter in West Bengal. The issue is no secret and is well documented and permitted to bolster the vote bank. Thereafter, came the deluge of which you allude. The deluge is also a political skulduggery.
Of course, the country can have many better leaders than those in politics. However, to win elections, one has to have money and muscle power. Not everyone can follow the dubious path to Parliament.