[Reader-list] Is anyone thinking about boycotting Pakistan? Conversations

[Kshmendra Kaul]

Dear Yasir

You wrote: "I really dont think the 90's could have happened in Kashmir without
the Cold War Afghanistan engagement since the 70's"

Pakistan's rape of Kashmir and Kashmiris (both figuratively and literally) started with Pakistan's incursion into Kashmir in 1947 even though it had a Standstill Agreement with the Maharajah of Kashmir. The UN Resolutions on Kashmir confirm this by asking the territory to be vacated by Pakistan. 

This 1947 duplicity of Pakistan, found a new 'avtaar' in the surreptitious1965 Operation Gibraltar launched by Pakistan when it sent infiltrators into Kashmir.

1947 and 1965 precede the 70s. The "Cold War Afghanistan engagement since the 70s" only led to additional raping of Kashmir and Kashmiris (both figuratively and literally) by the Jihadi Terrorists who had been created by Pakistan, reared by Pakistan, nurtured by Pakistan and supported by Pakistan.

Kshmendra





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From: yasir ~يا سر <yasir.media at gmail.com>
To: sarai list <reader-list at sarai.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 5:33:09 PM
Subject: [Reader-list] Is anyone thinking about boycotting Pakistan? Conversations

No I am not thinking of boycotting pakistan, but certainly i favour a
boycott of Israel along south african lines. A south african union of
port workers has called for the boycott of israel refusing to offload
shipments there. i dont knowthe details butthere is some significance
in it coming from post apartheid south africa

http://www.transportworkers.org/node/1001

a pakistani boycott of israel doesn't really affect israeli pakistani
relations which were improving during Musharraf's time but with the
palestine /ghazza issue it makes sense to do/continue it, altho an
indian boycott could affect israeli-indian relations negatively.

an indian boycott of pakistan doesn't make much sense since the
relations are bad anyway. so maybe india attacking pakistan is an
action just down the line - so a war may be the right way to go,
especially if the boycott is international such as after the nuclear
tests in pokhran and chagai baluchistan. then its a short walk from
toba tek singh to chernobyl:

http://www.premiosergiomotta.org.br/blog/chernobyl2.php?itemid=147

but like india has lost its nerve with israel since the non-aligned
movement waned which i imagine nehru must have advocated, india just
does not have it to go to war with pakistan leaving aside the
aggressive posturing, and pakistans conciliatory tone. If there is
anything they shouldd be doing its ending the militancy in afghanistan
and the pakistani tribal areas, which willeventually also berelated to
a climb down from the mountains of kashmir. now who has the guts to
breathe that fresh air. India ?

I really dont think the 90's could have happened in Kashmir without
the Cold War Afghanistan engagement since the 70's..

but conversations and digressions should flow:

http://dawn.com/weekly/books/books2.htm

best

yasir
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