The continued conflict between India and Pakistan creates necessary environment where these small countries are secured, nurtured and flourished. More importantly, this seriously defeats India's soft interest of providing regional leadership and representing it in the international political affairs. The current understanding of international politics suggests that the bipolar stalemate between the any two powerful countries is the most stable possible power configuration. Given the growing gap in demographic and military defense system between India and Pakistan, this power configuration is gradually being eroded. And, India has been heading towards the direction where it will have the unilateral power dominance over Pakistan.
Many lives are sure to go into waste, on both sides.
As reported by Washington Post July 5, Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had turned down an invitation the day before for his own talks in Washington, insisting that no further talks with Pakistan will take place until Pakistan withdraws all its forces from the Kargil sector. The attempt to remain in deadlock holding on to one side of the argument will fail any sight of peaceful resolution. Such oversimplification of the issue over which they have fought two of the three wars within the last 50 years leads to gross misunderstanding of the perception that is leading to the present crisis. This misunderstanding should not be allowed to waste many Indian lives, especially considering the forthcoming national election in September this Fall. Both diplomacy and the war could result to the resolution.