Indian troops marched towards Kashmir amidst the tensions resulting from the indecision of the Maharajah. Additionally, as experts on Kashmir such as Victoria Schoffield and Alistair Lamb note, Indian postal services began listing Kashmir as an Indian territory, much to the alarm of Pakistan. The successful tribal invasion ultimately forced the Maharajah to accede with India, whether willingly or unwillingly is still unclear, though Pakistan contends that since the treaty was signed under duress and after the Maharaja had fled Kashmir, he thus forfeit any right to determine Kashmir's future. After hearing about Indian soldiers pouring into Kashmir, Mohammad Ali Jinnah (the founding father of Pakistan) ordered the head of the Pakistani Army, who was a British officer, to stop the takeover of Kashmir by sending his troops to the area in support of tribals who had already invaded Kashmir on behalf of Muslims in Punch District that were rebelling against the Maharaja's taxation.
2007-08-09 08:52:17 · 6 answers · asked by Ehsan 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
India and Pakistan have been fighting over Kashmir for years. This is nothing new.
2007-08-09 08:57:55 · answer #1 · answered by MenifeeManiac 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kashmir is a very small issue compared to the original division of India at the birth of Pakistan. The problem was unfortunately our fault (Britain) when we hastily agreed to the separation line during our darkest hour just after WWII. That separation caused the largest forced migration in human history and along with brutal massacres on both sides. Unfortunately Kashmir has become one of those intractable situations where the longer it has gone on the more entrenched the extremist's have got with there being no chance of it being resolved with conflict and mass bloodshed. This will also likely lead to renewing military border clashes frequently between India and Pakistan.
A further consequence of that will be that it is unlikely that free and fair elections will be held in Pakistan anytime soon. Musharraf will rig them or if Islamics win the military will intervene with the tacit support of the US and it subservient allies.
2007-08-09 16:07:36 · answer #2 · answered by ??? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because our so called great leaders, aka, politicians, again aka demons, don't have any money making interest there.
2007-08-09 16:43:05 · answer #3 · answered by ARTY 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the U.S. isn't involved, so they have no reason to scream and shout about how evil we are.
2007-08-09 16:08:33 · answer #4 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
except for a small minority, people don't give a f*ck about people they don't know.
2007-08-09 16:01:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no oil there, so why should we care
2007-08-09 15:55:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋