26/11 remark: Krishna does a Qureshi on Pillai

[seedhi]

And I thought till yesterday that SM Krishna was finally being firm on pakistan .. high hopes, shattered by this inexplicable criticism of Home Secretary Pillai, echoing the pakistani stand on the issue.

26/11 remark: Krishna does a Qureshi on Pillai NEW DELHI: In a move certain to find support in Pakistan, external affairs minister S M Krishna on Wednesday criticized the timing of home secretary G K Pillai's remarks on the revelations by Lashkar terrorist David Headley, which Pakistan used to sabotage the foreign ministers' meeting last week. In an interview, Krishna said, "Mr Pillai could have waited till I came back to issue the statement. Perhaps it would have been wiser if that statement had not been made on the eve of my visit." In fact, he said, "Everyone who was privy to whatever was happening in government ought to have known that the right kind of atmosphere from India's side should have been created for the talks to go on in a very normal manner, but unfortunately this episode happened." He added that had taken up the matter with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Krishna's remarks will give Pakistan a reason to justify its behaviour, and help its effort to mask the fact that Pakistan's refusal to take action against the 26/11 masterminds and its insistence to put Kashmir on the negotiating table were the reasons why the talks in Islamabad collapsed. In a separate interview to a news agency, Krishna moderated his stand by saying that on facts, Pillai was "very much in order" in speaking about the disclosures made by American-Pakistani terrorist Headley to FBI and the Indian interrogators. The remarks puzzled many in the government, with many finding it amiss and wondering whether Krishna was being egged on by the ministry mandarins who may be viewing the home ministry's candour on Pakistan's support for terrorism as a foray into a territory MEA thinks it alone can deal with. The foreign minister's remarks showed up the barely concealed fissures within the government, exposing a strong division of opinion and perception within the regime on the issue of Pakistan and how to deal with it. Krishna's criticism of home secretary Pillai came a day after national security adviser Shiv Shankar Menon, in a deliberate move, endorsed the home secretary's remarks focusing on the terrorist-official nexus as one of the most difficult parts of dealing with Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. Sources said a section of the top level of policymakers did not feel that Pakistan deserved to be treated with kid gloves at a time when they were clearly not ready to give India any satisfaction on terrorism. Second, the home secretary's remarks were no revelation -- the information had been given to Pakistan in the form of a dossier by home minister P Chidambaram only a couple of weeks ago. The criticism can recoil on the MEA. There is a strong feeling among the top echelons in the government that it did not try to hold enough consultations outside the South Block before Krishna took off for Islamabad. However, it had not so far been articulated. But with the foreign minister launching a public criticism of the home secretary, others may also like casting off their gloves. There is a general consensus that engagement with Pakistan needs to go on, but there appear to be differences on how far India should push Pakistan on terrorism. Former national security adviser Brajesh Mishra, in a speech on Tuesday night, said, "This talk has also failed. And it would continue to fail, as in the past, as we have not yet grasped the reality that Pakistan army will never allow peaceful relations with India." Remembering his experiences, Mishra said, "Pakistan army's hostility towards India is not because of Bangladesh, Kashmir or Siachen. Their very existence depends upon hostility towards India. Unless we grasp that, we will never be able to deal with Pakistan." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/26/11-remark-Krishna-does-a-Qureshi-on-Pillai/articleshow/6198372.cms

[asterix]

When you have FMs like dickhead SMK, you don't need enemies outside the state..I'm pretty sure Qureshi has bedded gay SMK..SMK is acting like Qureshi's *****..

[achilles]

I think what SMK meant was that you don't need to be a devil to beat the devil. What it means is that you don't need a "build-up" similar to the one's Pakistan resort to before a bilateral meet. However, SMK could've avoided "censuring" his man in public. This however, does not give Pakistan the licence to make an issue out of this, given their past track record.

[Anonymous]

And the icing on the cake was the US federal authorities not happy with the Indian govt disclosing ISI's involvement extracted out of Headley..WTF..Feck you man..You wage a frickin war for a 9/11 and when it happens to us, we are expected to STFU, obeying whatever you say. This is the height of hypocrasy. Well the less said abt SMK, the better..Spineless dickhead..

[asterix]

On top of that USA knew what headley was doing during his trips to India..I'll not be surprised in USA knew about LET-ISI's Mubai attack plan beforehand.. Fekers!!

[gs]

It is our ineptitude that resulted in Mumbai 2008 and fiasco in the recent bilateral talks. US has always protected its own self interests at any cost, be it Pakistan/Afghanistan or India. We should hold the imbeciles in our political echelons accountable and not point fingers at the US.

[achilles]

We should stand up for ourselves.