Part with Kashmir;Get UN seat

There are news reports in various news websites which goes like this:

The US should offer ‘strong and active’ support to India for a permanent UN Security Council seat in return for New Delhi agreeing to "genuine and enforceable concessions" on the Kashmir issue, a veteran American diplomat has suggested.

Cautioning the Obama administration against being ‘too enthusiastic’ in its effort to resolve the Kashmir issue, foreign policy veteran Howard Schaffer said American efforts in the region should involve ‘quiet diplomacy’.

Schaffer is a former US Ambassador to Bangladesh and has also served in India and Pakistan.

"Washington needs to look for ways to persuade New Delhi to accept an agreement that does not meet all Indian demands and involves genuine and enforceable concessions on its part," Schaffer has said in his latest book.

In "The Limits of Influence: America's Role in Kashmir," Schaffer said: "An offer of strong and active US support for a permanent Indian UN Security Council seat could be one approach worth weighing".


Well,India should spit at such an offer,if any such offer does come from America.To hell with a UN seat.We should not compromise an inch from our traditional position on Jammu & Kashmir.There should be no compromise on our territorial integrity and above all our National pride.Let America continue to keep the UN as its 'Keep'.

And let so-called American foreign policy veterans like Howard Schaffer go for a walk in the park..!!

Is America under Obama behaving like a pak stooge?


There is another report which came out today,which is that the US administration is nudging India to scale down its presence in Afghanistan — including pruning or closing down its consulates — in line with Islamabad’s demands.

This stand goes against US policy of the past eight years, when Washington wanted India to send troops to Afghanistan.

Delhi’s role in the rebuilding of Afghanistan, including infrastructure projects and integrated development projects, has not gone down well with Pakistan, which sees India’s strategic interest in its presence.

This effectively means that America wants India to stop all the developmental activities being carried out in Afghanistan by India,only to please pakistan.


America and especially Obama should remember that all these are not at all helpful for better Indo-US relationship.In fact this is pushing the relationship backwards and it's not good for America also.

India should stand firm and should not bow down to American pressures.