Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Indo-Pak Mithai exchange at border

The reason for this unusual and uncharacteristic display of "goodwill"?

Because, it's Eid you know. It's ok to indulge the Dhimmi Indians with sweets
on this day. Tomorrow, it'll be back to the usual, mundane affair of decapitating and mutilating the Kuffar (infidel) Indian soldiers that is the norm for the remaining 364 days of the year.

http://m.thehindu.com/news/national/india-pakistan-troops-exchange-sweets-at-loc-on-milad/article5577319.ece/?secid=304

India, Pakistan troops exchange sweets at LoC on Milad

For the first time since a fresh spell of the border skirmishes began in October 2012, lower- and middle- ranking officers of the Indian and Pakistani Armies on Tuesday held flag meetings and exchanged greetings, and sweets at the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir on the occasion of Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi, the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad.

Defence sources said ahead of a possible meeting between the Directors General of the Military Operations of the two countries “in near future”, officers of the ranks company commanders held a flag meeting somewhere along the LoC in Kargil sector. Later, an official release from the Army said: “A flag meeting between Indian and Pakistan soldiers was held in the Kargil sector today. The meeting was organised by the Indian side on the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi to extend best wishes and greetings to the Pakistan Army soldiers. The meeting was conducted in a cordial manner with pleasantries and gifts being exchanged by the two sides.”

2 comments:

san said...

What we also need to watch is whether Nawaz Sharif makes progress in belling the ISI/Army cat, by gradually making progress in asserting civilian authority over the hawkish military. If he can do this, then it will help to diminish a very destabilizing force in Indo-Pak relations.

karyakarta92 said...

I highly doubt it. Democracy and civilian rule usually brings out the most rabid obscurantists to the top in Islamist countries. The Paki military is at least a known quantity and probably the least evil of all choices, although that might sound counter-intuitive. Our best bet is to encourage non-Islamist officers with a modern outlook. India has very limited options here.