I'm afraid I won't find myself alone in believing that 8 out of 10 of those
Kashmiris living in the Valley want out. It isn't clear what proportion want to
join Pakistan, and what section wants independence, but it is unlikely that
they want to stay on as part of India.
There is need for a plebiscite, but that is to check the extent of support for
this right across the entire former territory. We are likely to find vast
differences in different parts, and obviously that is what Pakistan is counting
on. Have the plebiscite, lose it overall, but point to the overwhelming support
for separation from India registered in the Valley and in parts of Mirpur, Swat
and Gilgit, and ask that these regions at least be bundled together and handed
over to Pakistan. And to the devil with the wishes of the people involved.
bonobashi
--- On Thu, 21/8/08, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [silk] Vir Sanghvi on Kashmir
To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
Date: Thursday, 21 August, 2008, 5:22 PM
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 4:40 AM, ss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It is a small minority of sensitive and
> educated Indians who think that Kashmiri separatists have a case.
Has there been another thread on Silk list that I have somehow missed?
Because the arguments I have seen coming from the sensitive educated
Indians in this thread has been about some _Kashmiris_ having a case
and possible methods of measuring how widespread this feeling really
is among the Kashmiris.
Thaths
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