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Kashmir comment Obama's first foreign policy mistake: Analyst

Washington: The statement by President-elect Barack Obama regarding American intervention in Kashmir is his first "foreign policy mistake", a leading US expert on South Asia said on Tuesday. A Kashmir initiative by America, however "veiled", can undermine improving Indo-US ties, Selig S Harrison, director ....Read more

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awfulBy: Bat | Friday , 6 Nov '09 15:01:26 PM Reply | Forward It is a good idead

KASHMIR NO -1 THREAT FOR GLOBAL PEACEBy: Qaim Khani | Thursday , 8 Jan '09 21:43:36 PM Reply | Forward Obama's Right Diagnosis of the South Asian ProblemsHaarison's views are biased and against the peace and propserity of 1.7billions population of south Asia.Obama team should handle the Kashmir conflict as their no 1 agenda point of foreign policy - being 62 year old bone of contention between two nuclear powers.If KASHMIR CONFLICT - will not been given its top priorty bu US then the whole global peace will remain in danger due to a possibility of a nuclear war. Clinton and Carter can jointly handle this project effectively for the global peace.

REALITYBy: ABDUL HAFEEZ UL HASSAN | Wednesday , 7 Jan '09 15:18:58 PM Reply | Forward its clear that even US president donot have freedom of speech.to say about Obama's statement as big mistake is only a miscalculated and lake of information about situation about the region.US could not save its interests in region forgeting or keeping Pakistan aside.when Pakistan says that peacful region is bpth in the interests of Pakistan and India,it really does mea some thing very important.Its reality that if Kashmiries really want to live with India than thier must not have been the deployment of one million army,and resistence must have been own bith sides of Kashmir but fact is that it is just on Indian occupied Kashmir.i requst that it that Kashmir should not be seen ethnic grounds but on human grounds.ALLAH HAFIZ

Dont trust USBy: kvr | Wednesday , 7 Jan '09 9:54:22 AM Reply | Forward US has funded and trained taliban aginst russian and when they truned aginst them they want to clear them of the region, The same with pakistan they had backed them since 60 years aginst India , we cant trust US

yes be realisticBy: abdul hafeez ul hassan | Wednesday , 7 Jan '09 15:25:43 PM Reply | Forward yes both of us should not trust US and we should kick US out of the region.

Be realisticBy: Mathur | Wednesday , 7 Jan '09 8:02:35 AM Reply | Forward Mr. Krishna(kerala) Don't use words that harm communal harmony Your IP is noted

US Special envoy to KashmirBy: Sivaramakrishnan | Wednesday , 7 Jan '09 3:17:01 AM Reply | Forward It is a good idea to appoint a special US envoy to Subcontinent to handle the situation. He should try to bring peace to Kashmir by getting India and Pak to agree to make the temporary line of control to become permanent borderline between the countries.Then PAK and India not worry about Kashmir and concentrate on economic developments.In Srilanka, US envoy should develop a solution similar to Bosnia and create an independent state for Tamils , so that peace can return to Sri Lanka

KashmirBy: Harsh Patel | Wednesday , 7 Jan '09 2:48:23 AM Reply | Forward I am glad that Mr. Obama come to his senses before he put his thoughts in to action. In my view the best solution to Kashmir issue is to let keep both country (Pakistan and India) the part of Kashmir they control.

be trueBy: ABDUL HAFEEZ UL HASSAN | Wednesday , 7 Jan '09 15:47:12 PM Reply | Forward ITS ONLY WHAT U CAN DESIRE BUT FACTS REMAIN FACTS,U MUST NEED EXAMIN THE REPORT WHICH WAS PREPEARED A COMMISSION IN PRESENT GOVT TO SEE THE PLIGHT OF MUSLIMS IN INDIA,AND SURELY U WILL REALIZE THAT INDIA SHOULD NOT HAVE CLAIM ON KASHMIR ON MORAL GROUNDS,SURELY U WILL DO IT.AN OTHER POINT IS WHY RESISTENCE IS ON YOUR SIDE OF KASHMIR.

Lets have a Pakistani CommisionBy: ANBANERJEE | Wednesday , 7 Jan '09 22:26:34 PM Reply | Forward Lets have a Pakistani Commision on how what happened to the Hindus in Pakistan. How come 79% of Muslim population (in 1941 census) has become 98% in (1991 census). A bigger genocide than Holocust.

truth exposedBy: abdul hafeez ul hassan | Friday , 9 Jan '09 0:23:16 AM Reply | Forward Ok,lets hav a joint commission on this issue from where u want.dear,for ur information hindus from our side just migerated from Punjab,not from other provinces of Pakistan.there fore thier migration might be they were feeling insecure of thier future due massacre and looting of migrating muslim from ur side by sikhs and hindus.history shows that we never attacked any church,mandir, gurdwara or any other religious buildings of minorities.BUT,u hav many examles.few i would like to remind u(attack on Babri masjid,killing of two thousand muslim in Gujrat sponsered by urBJP,attack on Golden temple,occupation of Kashmir and killing of 80,000 kashmiries,hundreds of christians in Asam,Malay gaon,samghota express by millitary and many more

Obama's first foreign policy mistake.By: padmesh kumar varma | Tuesday , 6 Jan '09 20:45:57 PM Reply | Forward Dear Sir, Mr. Harrison is right that Mr. Obama's statement regarding Kashmir was his mistake in foreign policy. No one who has read the history correctly can question India's right over whole of Kashmir. If US President-elect does any thing against this history then he will be loosing India and Indian-Americans as his supporters. On the contrary he , after assuming office, must force Pakistan to vacate forthwith the portion of Kashmir it has kept occupied illegally since 1948. This should be his starting line for handling Kashmir.

live in realityBy: abdul hafeez ul hassan | Friday , 9 Jan '09 0:47:55 AM Reply | Forward history is not important here,bcoz Kashmir might be ahindu state in the past,but people of Kashmir turned or converted in to muslim and it is established fact that they want to live with Pakistan where they can practice religion freely,not under the shadow of RSS,BJP,VHP,etc.

facts not historyBy: abdul hafeez ul hassan | Friday , 9 Jan '09 0:38:08 AM Reply | Forward my dear concept of once in world is no more,if ur r saying that once it was a hindu state than thier must hav been hindues all over but now its most of population is muslim, and its a fact that they want to with amuslim state rather than a hindu state,where the they can practice religion freely, not under the supperession of RSS,BJB,VHP,etc.

Let Plebescite happened [that is only solution]By: Raj Verma | Tuesday , 6 Jan '09 20:43:11 PM Reply | Forward Let Kashmiri people decide there Fate.It is not correct to rule the people on the bases of army [as we have nearly 800,000 in small kashmir region].I know it is hard to swallow but it is the only solution

SEND ALL MUSLIMS TO KASHMIR AND GIVE INDEPENDENCE TO KASHMIRBy: n.krishna | Tuesday , 6 Jan '09 19:34:40 PM Reply | Forward USA IS A PROBLEM NATION, CREATED OUT OF THE MURDER OF THE LOCAL RED INDIANS BY THE EUROPEAN CHRISTIANS. USA IS ABUSING THE WORLD RESOURCES AND IS CORNERING THE WEALTH OF THE WORLD. PAKISTAN WAS ALWAYS THE BASE OF USA GIVEN TO USA BY THE BRITISH. USA INFLAMED THE ISLAMIC JIHAD TO THE PRESENT LEVEL THAT IT IS THREATENING THE WORLD PEACE. WE SHOULD NOT GET INVOLVED THIS INTERNATIONAL BULLY NATION. UNFORTUNATELY, AK ANTHONY WHO CAME UP AS A POLITICIAN DURING THE CIA FUNDED VIMOCHANASAMARAM OF KERALA, AND HE HAD MADE USA OUR MAIN DEFENCE SUPPLIER. THE VERY KASHMIR PROBLEM IS THE CREATION OF NEHRU, WHO TOOK IT TO UN ON THESUGGESTION OF HIS LOVER, LADY MOUTBATTEN AND IT HAS BECOME A FESTERING WOUND NOW. ONE OF THE SUGGESTION WE COULD CONSIDER IS THAT SENT ALL MUSLIMS IN INDIA TO KASHMIR AND LET KASHMIR GO ON ITS OWN WAY. MUSLIMS CANNOT CO EXIST WITH OTHER RELIGIONS AS CAN BE SEEN IN LEBANON.

abusedBy: abdul hafeez ul hassan | Wednesday , 7 Jan '09 16:19:38 PM Reply | Forward Oooh!its India accusing other nations where at least 112 sepratists movements going on,sorry if i forgot about few.

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