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| India-Pakistan |
| Pak steps back |
| 2002-05-22 |
| Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said at a meeting of his Cabinet and National Security Council (NSC) on Wednesday that the only way to avert a war with India was to stop sending terrorists into Kashmir. âThis is the only way to avert war,â sources quoted Musharraf as saying during the meeting. We knew that. Why didn't they know that? Musharraf also said the international community would not support Pakistan if a war broke out and that the world did not accept the distinction Pakistan made between terrorists and freedom fighters. Only countries who support "freedom fighters" have ever accepted the distinction... At the meeting, Musharraf also conceded that a diplomatic offensive against India to avert a war was not likely to succeed. Guess even the diplomatic world eventually reaches a limit of gullibility... His assessment was reflected in an official release issued after the meeting. "The meeting emphasised that the Government will not allow Pakistan's territory or any territory whose defence is the responsibility of Pakistan to be used for any terrorist activity anywhere in the world and no organisation in Pakistan will be allowed to indulge in terrorism in the name of Kashmir," it said. Yeah, right. You said the same thing in January, and here it is May, so what's changed besides the names? The dead still smell just as bad. The release indicated Musharraf was planning to end the proxy war against India. Believe that one when it happens, and not an instant before... But, in a rerun of Musharraf's address to the nation this January, the release also said Pakistan would continue to extend moral, political and diplomatic support to the legitimate struggles of the people of Jammu and Kashmir for self-determination in accordance with relevant UN resolutions. There's the out. That's why it's nothing but vapor... "The meeting called upon the international community to impress upon India the dangers inherent in the explosive situation created as a result of Indian belligerence and obduracy," the official release said. "Please, International Community, pull our testicles from the fire one more time!" |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |