Revisiting Kargil

he article "Revisiting Kargil" offers an insight into the present
entangled scenario and the changing political equations in our not so
friendly neighbor Pakistan. The Musharraf regime during which the
Kashmir peace dialogue made remarkable progress is finally on its last
legs. The reconciliation of the Pakistan government with the tribal
lords and the renewal of the support to "Kashmiri jihad" do not augur
well for our nation's security. Its high time that New Delhi
transformed its foreign policy from that of a passive onlooker to that
of an active, capable participant. India should capitalize upon the
increasing discomfort of the US administration with the befriending
relations of the new Pakistani government with the Islamic Warlords
and steer the NATO's "war-on-terror" manoeuvres towards consummating
its own goals. An expedient policy would be to openly support NATO in
its war on terror efforts in Pakistan and by way of providing
"intelligence assistance" bring the anti-Indian terrorist activities
being bred in the terror-haven onto NATO's radar. Simultaneously India
should stick to its principle of independent foreign policy and
condemn US activities whenever required like the recent threats of
attack to Iran.