Dont be so sure of civilian govt after S-e-S and Thimpu climbdown.Next month Siachin talks are coming up and before that last hurdle on siachin Gen V.K. singh is also retiring.And India dont know the new chief's views on siachin.And with PM Manmohan singh is in hurry to leave his 2nd legacy in the form of siachin ,after botched up civil-nuke deal with usa ,everything is possible.
Siachen: Pak banks on PM to deliver after Gen Singh's exit
Its not for the Pakistan to pull out from siachin coz PA is never there as Gen.V.K.singh has said in recent interview.Its for the indian to withdraw from siachin coz they are actually there.
It appears you do not understand the Siachen issue.
If the IA withdraws from Siachen, it is very easy for Pakistan or China to join Aksai Chin with the Saksgam Valley, which Pakistan has ceded to China.
Hence the area will be a continuum, without any break, as a part of China/ Pakistan.
Strategically, it is not conducive to India.
That Pakistan will not occupy Siachen once India withdraws cannot be guaranteed.
We have a precedence of how Pakistan reneged all Treaties and violated the LC and crossed into Kargil that resulted in the Kargil War.
If Mammohan is keen to have Siachen as a legacy, it will be the legacy of handing over Siachen to Pakistan - the Siachen which is strategically important and for which so many lives have been lost and for which so much of money has been spent. Hardly a legacy that will allow him to walk with his head high on Indian streets!