Pakistan backed attack on U.S. embassy

[Believer]

Rajeev Srinivasan has made some interesting observations in the above article. Without making a judgement on the US winning or losing the war, it must be understood that the US will be there as long as it thinks it must, and as long as the US population supports the war. Being at war costs blood and money, and there are limitations to both of them without going broke or losing public support.

The unfortunate fallout will be more terrorism exported to India. In the last decade, India has seen much less terrorism on its soil, than it would have, if the terrorists did not have US as the punching bag in Afghanistan. Things can and will get worse for India. The Obama administration plans for a complete pullout by the end of 2014, and things will get real ugly in the aftermath. Again, the US national interest necessitates the course of action and not what others may want/need. India will have to step up and increase its ability to defend itself from terrorism - both the ISI sponsored and the home grown. The only time the US will step in is if their intelligence indicates that the nuke weapons are about to fall into the hands of terrorists. I am sure the diplomats and the defense departments of both nations know the scenario about to be played out after the US departure. The question is will India be able to defend itself against the proxy war waged by the Pakis? The US puts severe restraints (through threats of trade embargo and non-cooperation in the technology and nuclear fields) on India to not to go to war even when the national interest of India dictates so. I don't know if the Obama administration or whoever else happens to be in the White House after the next election, will start backing off from that strategy. And going to war with the Pakis is not going to be cheap either. They have acquired substantial military hardware with the ill gotten money in the last decade. There are so many factors to be considered in terms of cost and public support. Getting Taliban back in power in Afghanistan, or at least helping them be a bigger nuisance for the Karzai regime, and making trouble in India will be the only things that Pakis will be focused on.
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