India on Sunday conveyed to the United States that the infiltration from Pakistan side had not stopped as Islamabad had failed to take any action in dismantling terrorist camps. "We have expressed hope that Pakistan will take a step before India takes any consequential measure," foreign office spokesperson Nirupama Rao told reporters in New Delhi.
Perv doesn't want to shut down the training camps because of the flak — including bloodcurdling threats and attempts on his life — that he's gotten from the fundos. All he can really do at this point is try to throttle them back. As long as they're still turning out jihadis, it's better, from his point of view anyway, if they go to Kashmir. Otherwise they'll hang around in Pakland and kill politicians. It's my impression, and occasionally it's been admitted in the Indo press, that the level of infiltration actually has dropped, though not to nothing.
Probably to Perv, Kashmir is the tail and Pak's internal affairs are the dog. He actually might be pushing against the fundos on a different front. In days of yore we seldom heard reports of the Quaint Local Customs to be found in Pakland. Lately we've been hearing a lot more: gang rapes and sodomy on young boys, the corruption and ignorance of tribal elders, child brides and stoning adultresses and the insane. All these are, or can be, laid at the door of fundamentalism — the very guys, coincidentally, opposing Perv. I think he's a more skillful politician than the Indians give him credit for being, despite his habit of often backing off at critical moments. He seems content with half measures, but I think that's because he's content to achieve half an objective and then try again for another half of the remainder later. |