Faced with a rising confrontation with the US over Afghan policy, Pakistan is now re-activating terror camps near the Line of Control, to renew its campaign to send militants into J&K and set it on fire again.
What will India do? Probably the usual - send the army back in, allow the place to burn, and resume wagging a finger at Pakistan, even while haplessly continuing "peace talks".
If it's J&K alone that's set on fire, then Congress will probably successfully contain the fallout. But if there are further Mumbai-style attacks, then Congress will not be able to keep exhorting the public to show more "spirit". The question is - will Pakistan dare to go that far?
India should make clear to the US in advance, that there will be armed conflict with Pakistan if it crosses the line - and it would certainly want to, given the rewards it would reap from using border conflict as an excuse to bow out from anti-terror operations. In such an eventuality, it would be more prudent for India and the US to team up and do a tag-team on Pakistan. If Pak diverts troops to the Indian border, then the US should use the opportunity to conduct cross-border attacks into Pak, either directly or through proxies.
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