India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka should unite

Religious Violence: Compared to the thousand or more that died in the past riots that con has mentioned, the Muzaffarnagar violence resulted in only 63 deaths (not that they don't matter but compared to the thousands that died in previous riots this is not much), and this is at a time where the BJP is very prominent in Indian politics as my opponent mentioned. So the union will not have much of a problem in the long term. In any case Hindu-nationalist parties like the BJP will ultimately lose their power in the proposed union since minority religions like Islam will become larger, which is obviously not good for the BJP, and similar religious parties. My opponent might say that the BJP will prevent such a union from taking place, but I would like to remind him/her that in this debate it is assumed that the union takes place. My opponent stated this - "Besides, corruption itself is one of the reasons why the union won't fall through." Again, it is assumed that the union takes place. Terrorists in India: My opponent mentioned that India isn't "decisive enough to take a stand against the extremists who plague THEIR OWN LAND" In the past there have been rebellions and insurgents too, like Khalistan rebels in Punjab. They were dealt with by the Indian army. Even the Maoist insurgency that my opponent mentioned has been on sharp decline since 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org... So this proves that India is capable of dealing with insurgencies and terrorism, the islamists are no different. So the proposed Union will be able to deal with the Islamists, the same way India dealt with these insurgents. My opponent has requested that I state new arguments for this round, I shall gladly do so. I will be focusing on Pakistan. Pakistan and internal violence: Pakistan has always considered India as its number one enemy. This presence of hostilities has always been the reason for Pakistan to be spending money for making larger armed forces, rather than spending it on development. Terrorists/Insurgents like Al Qaeda and the Baluchistani Insurgents wreck havoc on the country while the government is too concerned with politics with India. Pakistan's own allies, the US is drone striking Pakistani territories and killing civilians. The US became allied with Pakistan because India had close ties with USSR in the cold war era (and still continues close ties with Russia), if the US was not allied with Pakistan, the Pakistani government would never have allowed such drone strikes, thus the historical tension with India indirectly led to the US drone strikes. In the proposed Union, the Insurgents will be defeated as tensions cease to exist between India and Pakistan and the focus of the governments can be on the Insurgents. Also the US will not be allowed to use their drones since it is more likely that the union will have the political viewpoints of India (since it is larger and at the center) and not Pakistan. The US may stop themselves as they do not want to anger a much larger country. http://www.dnaindia.com... http://en.wikipedia.org... The Threat of Nuclear War: This is perhaps the biggest concern in the region. India and Pakistan, which together hold more than 14% or 1/7 of the worlds population, are nuclear armed. The two countries are engaging in an arms race (similar to the cold war but a smaller scale) http://tribune.com.pk... If the two countries EVER exchange nuclear weapons it could be catastrophic to the world, due to nuclear winter/famine and of course the radiation. http://www.telegraph.co.uk... The two countries have come very close to having a nuclear war http://en.wikipedia.org... http://news.bbc.co.uk... As stated in the article, the Pakistani PM refused to renounce the first use of nuclear weapons Neither Pakistan nor India has signed the non proliferation treaty, so they don't plan to abandon Nuclear weapons anytime soon. In the proposed Union there will be no such threats since the tensions between India and Pakistan don't exist since they are one and the same in the Union. A summary of my points: - Though there is religious violence now, casualties are far fewer than before, and they will continue to fall in the proposed Union since very religious parties like the BJP will lose power. Even if current level of religious violence continues in the union, it is not a high rate for a country of almost 1.5 BILLION people. - India has proven itself to deal with insurgencies and continues to do so against the Naxalites. The same will be done to the Islamists in the proposed Union. Pakistan is not capable of doing the same as it is too distracted with politics with India. - War, especially nuclear war can have a huge impact on the region and even the world, India and Pakistan are likely to keep bickering and even possibly exchanging nukes. A Union would put an end to all the international disputes between India and Pakistan.