While your point about Pakistan and India’s internal problems is correct this article looks at an entirely different problem – how to engage a state that is suspicious of India and doesn’t have (or pretends not to have) control of its territory.

First, the subject of terrorism within India, from the BJP party, is completely ignored. What about those issues? Why is it central against ‘terrorists harbored in Pakistan’?

Pakistan has its own issues, what about acknowledging the weakening government and their own terrorist attacks against leaders and laymen, which have killed an alarming amount of people – comparable to the Mumbai attacks.

Terrorists are ’stateless’ actors with no uniting agenda – blaming an entire country (like this article does with Pakistan) or an entire religion is NOT helpful. In fact, it just upsets moderates and disengages the parties that are willing to have dialogue.

My suggestion is to begin treating countries, religions, groups as a mosaic not a monolith. Also, begin to see faults within your ‘group’ and fix those, before moving on to other places.

However, this may make too much sense and be too pragmatic for a person with one agenda – to promote and impose themselves onto others.