Kamal:
That tells us little.
'Attainable' is a relative term.
If we were to go by the verdicts of Assam media bosses and opinion
makers, the ULFA would have been way past history by now. But did not
turn out as such even after 35 long years, did it?
If we were to go by the intelligentsia as represented by the likes of
NRAs, ULFA is a bunch of thugs and bandits who do not represent
anything of Assam. Turned out differently, didn't it?
If were to go by all those military analysts, kharkhowa or khoini-khowa alike,
ULFA was in its death throes , as Cheney might have proclaimed,
dozens of times.
The reality has been different, hasn't it?
The stalemate exists because neither side is about to win a military
victory. But India has a whole lot more to lose by prolonging the
stalemate than ULFA has or Assam has. Just look at India's
aspirations of a seat at the UN Sec. Council as a veto-bearing
member. Does it have grounds for expecting it? Of course it does. But
what are the chances? Slim to none. Why? Because it is a country that
is unable to mind its own business, much less the world's, and the
world knows it. That simple.
What therefore is the solution? A political one, that is what. India
cannot win this militarily. So one would hope it will be able to see
reason, and seek a compromise solution.
Will it be bad for Assam? You tell me.
On the other hand if it could not be anything but good, then why not
support ULFA? Give them a hand? No one else had the b---s to take
Assam's interests and causes up like they did. Have they?
c-da
At 6:25 PM -0700 6/29/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Cd,
I don't know what the ULFA has up its sleeve minus the question of
sovereignty. In order to bring matter down to comprehensible level,"
reasonable" means attainable goals.To expect the GOI to hand over
Assam to the ULFA on a golden platter would be a total Alice in
Wonderland.One can give numbers of spin to the ball--the fact will
still remain the same.
KJD
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