They have a context. It is also necessary to create a context of trust and mutual respect that make courage possible. It is a question of trust that India believes was breached at Kargil soon after the Lahore meeting between Prime Minister Vajpayee and Pakistan s the then premier, Nawaz Sharief. It is a question of trust that Pakistan believes was breached at Siachin. Trust procreates trusts.
Mistrust attracts mistrusts.
If we look back, we can sink in our mistrust. If we look ahead, we will take careful, however, hard steps to build trust. But finally, war and peace will not depend on what India and Pakistan do with each other. It will depend more on what they do within their own countries. If Pakistan gives up its obsession with India, builds its own institutions, contains religions extremism, reins in 1.5 million mujahideens in its religious seminaries, puts its economy on fast-track, it will inspire its own people, India and the world to take it seriously.