Originally Posted by Vaman

And who made you the defender of truth anyway? What are you on a crusade or something to go around and spread "the Truth" everywhere?
You claim your audience is not the Pakistanis, but it seems to me those are exactly the sort of people you would look to engage in a tete-a-tete with. Theres no reason to think any of the non-Pakistnis are interested in threads like these or to think that they have had anything to gain from material posted so far. The only mild participation you are likely to see is to keep the threads going out of control or patronising banter like "muck slinging monkeys" by the likes of Vietnamese-turned-american-conservatives out here.

Get it through your head that no-one else is truly interested in these "debates". If someone happens to be a supporter of Bush or is a proponent of the **** (which seem to be ideologically aligned and possibly constitute atleast 50% of the american populace), he/she is likely to believe what the Bush admin tells them wrt to politics of the region. That would include Mushy being their nice little blue-eyed boy fighting in the frontlines for them. No amount of "truth" or how much anyone rants about it by jumping up and down from any soapbox is likely to change that opinion.

I really dont care about the "truth" either. Nor do I think it matters to most Indians wrt to the K-situation. The country's geographical boundaries are more or less settled and we are largely satisfied with the status-quo. There is nothing in the world thats going to change that. Yet so many people seem to waste so much amount of time in online forums like these that its actually pretty sad. The K-thing might run in all Paksitnis blood and thats no surprise considering all the donors in that blood, but it doesnt run through mine or for that matter most Indians.
So what if someone claims "atrocities" by the "Indian army" or some other such cr@p? Let them go on a posting spree here. Its not going to accomplish much and would most likely be forgotten as spam. They are however successful when people like yourslef get suckered into participating in it. Just look at the size of this thread. Eeeyuck!!
Thats where I draw the analogy with our politicians as well. India would do tremendously well if it were to learn to get on with our business by de-emphasizing the K-issue.