Enraged, saddened and hurt, the words are closest to the feelings that run in the mind of a common aware Indian today after the brutal attack on Mumbai. The anger of the people upon the burgeoning terror strikes has crossed its level-mark with the latest Mumbai pogrom. Its indeed heartening to see the entire nation rise taking a united stand on the noble cause of bringing the culprits to the books. A much warranted change in the impotent attitude of the Manmohan Singh government has also been observed in the form of a demarche to Pakistan and suspension of the cooperation talks. There have been talks of India "not ruling out" military action against Pakistan and also receiving full support from the US in justifying military action incase Pakistan fails to deliver its promises of nabbing the culprits calling it India's 9/11.All in all India is poised advantageously in a favorable state to pressurize Pakistan to nab the Lashkar operatives on its territory. However there are a few points that India should keep in mind while executing its pressure tactics.
First and foremost is to audaciously deny all rumors of Military action : The ISI is busy escalating rumors about mobilizing of India's 1 Lakh troops to the western border hinting towards an imminent attack "without concrete evidence". The sole purpose of the exercise is to arouse nationalistic feelings to gain local support, an attempt to unite the three dissident sections viz The locals, The govt and the Warlords.
Secondly, leverage the International support in a proper manner. India has tactical support of US which is amongst the most influential factors in Pakistan. India must take in it an opportunity to start a cleansing operation against the anti-Indian elements being bred on the Pakistani soil. India should meticulously convert this war against Lashkar-e-Toiba to a war against the Islamic terrorism.
Thirdly an important aspect is to expose the dual nature of the Pakistan government which has been backstabbing the peace operations with India by colluding with the Pakistani terror mongers. The international community which has been pretty sympathetic with pakistan owing to its fluid economic state, the residents of Pakistan and the Indian nationals (sleeper cells, disillusioned locals )who tend to support Pakistan in perpetrating such henious crimes in name of religion need to be made aware of the nature of the people whose cause they are backing.
All in all this is an opportunity for India to shake "hands with an iron fist rather then arm-wrestling with a soft one".
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