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India
praised for not pointing finger at Pakistan
Friday July 15, 2011 12:37:42 PM,
Gurmukh Singh, IANS
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Toronto:
Praising New Delhi for exercising caution in not pointing a finger
at Islamabad for the Mumbai bombings, the Canadian media Thursday
said India realises that Pakistan is already so unstable that any
confrontation could push it over the brink.
India's politicians are "uncharacteristically exercising restraint
and refusing to speculate over who was behind the fourth major
terrorist attack on Mumbai in eight years", wrote the daily
National Post.
"But the difference (in the Indian reaction) this time around may
not be so much a new found sense of trust as it is fear South Asia
could be plunged into a dangerous period of uncertainty and
tension," according to the daily.
The paper said Wednesday's attacks couldn't have come at a worse
time for the South Asian region. Pakistan flirts with violent
disintegration and economic collapse as regional alliances are
being strained by the growing rift between Islamabad and
Washington following the killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin
Laden "practically on the doorstep of Pakistan's main military
academy".
At such a time, a confrontation with India over yet another
terrorist attack may push Pakistan over the brink, the newspaper
said.
"Given the current uncertainty within the Pakistan military and
volatile situation inside Pakistan, Indian leaders may be loath to
escalate tensions with Pakistan," it quoted Lisa Curtis, a South
Asia expert with Washington's Heritage Foundation, as saying.
However, Wednesday's bombings could complicate the newly started
confidence building measures by the two countries.
Further, by stirring up old animosities, Pakistani terrorists
might also buy themselves some relief from the pressure the US has
been putting on Islamabad to step up its fight against jihadists,
the paper said.
"One immediate outcome of Wednesday's bombing is certain to be
that the Pakistani military's inclinations will be to stay focused
on India rather than the militants, who maintain close ties to
segments of the Pakistani armed forces and the intelligence
service," the paper quoted James Dorsey, a researcher at the
National University of Singapore's Middle East Institute, as
saying.
(Gurmukh Singh
can be contacted at gurmukh.s@ians.in)
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