tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276301849041707629.post5279692105109497336..comments2024-02-21T14:35:34.003+05:30Comments on randomthoughts: MILITARY RULE IN PAKISTAN?????????J P Joshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806649492059145583noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276301849041707629.post-76491163214880705672008-09-28T00:27:00.000+05:302008-09-28T00:27:00.000+05:30Anonymous: Agree with you on the putting our own h...Anonymous: Agree with you on the putting our own house in order.....we definitely need to improve our law and order situation. The law of the land should be meticulously enforced, everytime, and always. Once this is done, everything else will automatically fall in place. No one should be above the law. We all need to safeguard the rights given to each citizen, by our Constitution.<BR/><BR/>I am an ex-military person. When I was serving, I was always ready for war, but now that I am out of uniform I have come to realise the futility of war...the less we indulge in it, the better. Our aim should be to progress economically so that we can atleast provide 'roti, kapda aur makaan' to all our citizens.J P Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08806649492059145583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276301849041707629.post-5335703621948302052008-09-26T23:00:00.000+05:302008-09-26T23:00:00.000+05:30I like your Gandian approach to life Jatinder, but...I like your Gandian approach to life Jatinder, but i agree with Joseph...we have to be ruthless just once to set things right..and first we must start with setting our own house in order.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276301849041707629.post-90428107665299660822008-09-24T22:23:00.000+05:302008-09-24T22:23:00.000+05:30Hi Joseph, Thank you for your comments. I believe ...Hi Joseph, Thank you for your comments. <BR/><BR/>I believe that it is very easy to destabilise a country, or a region, with the kind of military and other wherewithal that is available with the US. It is not very easy though to stabilise the same country thereafter. We have the example of Afghanistan and Iraq - two countries that have been attacked by the US in its war on terror. Mind you these were relatively small countries in terms of population. Pakistan has about half the population of the US and is thus a relatively large country. <BR/><BR/>Howsoever much that we may want, we cannot change history and geography. The US forces can go back to North America if the next President so decides and it is India that will have to live with the instability in the region. Instability in the region is never good.<BR/><BR/>It is therefore in India's interest that we have stable and democratic neighbours, specially Pakistan. Wars are just a means to an end. They are not ends in themselves. The ends are always political. If you can achieve the same ends without a war, you are that much better off.J P Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08806649492059145583noreply@blogger.com