[lbo-talk] Pakistan feels your grief, Musharraf tells Mumbai

Sujeet Bhatt sujeet.bhatt at gmail.com
Sat Jul 22 00:57:04 PDT 2006


On 7/21/06, ravi <gadfly at exitleft.org> wrote:
> At around 21/7/06 1:04 am, Sujeet Bhatt wrote:


> I wonder if he has a point. Isn't what India is doing a tad similar to
> Israeli "withdrawal from negotiations" every time some suicide bombing
> or some such happens?

I don't believe there is any basis, political or historical, for comparing India and Israel.


> I guess there is this:
>
> >
> > Before the peace process began, India gave Pakistan a list of 20
> > people wanted for terrorist crimes, but Pakistan never acted on the
> > list.
> >
>
> I am surprised to see WaPo (MSM) making such a non-mushy statement as
> "Pakistan never acted" -- I thought the norm these days is to write "but
> India alleges that Pakistan never acted". Could we infer that WaPo's
> willingness to actually say it implies that it is beyond doubt that
> Pakistan never acted?

Pakistan is refusing to act even now:

Pak rejects India's Dawood extradition demand

Full at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1793733.cms



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