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Pakistan pledges to release captive Indian fighter pilot

Feb 28, 2019 9:00 am By Robert Spencer

Said Trump: “There’s a lot of dislike, unfortunately, so we’ve been in the middle trying to help them both out, see if we can get some organization and some peace, and I think probably that’s going to be happening.”

But this “dislike” is rooted in Pakistan’s adherence to the theology of jihad, and thus as far as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is concerned, there will never be any genuine lasting peace until India is conquered and Islamized.

“Pakistan pledges to release captive Indian fighter pilot,” by Munir Ahmed and Kathy Gannon, Associated Press, February 28, 2019:

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister pledged on Thursday his country would release a captured Indian jetfighter pilot the following day, a move that could help defuse the most-serious confrontation in two decades between the nuclear-armed neighbors over the disputed region of Kashmir.

Prime Minister Imran Khan made the announcement in an address to both houses of Parliament, saying he tried to reach his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Wednesday with a message that he wants to de-escalate tensions.

“We are releasing the Indian pilot as a goodwill gesture tomorrow,” Khan told lawmakers. He did not say whether the release was conditional.

An Indian government official, speaking on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak publicly, warned that even if the pilot is returned home, New Delhi would not hesitate to strike its neighbor first if it feared a similar militant attack was looming. Modi earlier in the day warned that “India’s enemies are conspiring to create instability in the country through terror attacks.”

Khan also said that he had feared Wednesday night that India might launch a missile attack, but the situation was later defused. He did not elaborate.

“Pakistan wants peace, but it should not be treated as our weakness,” Khan said “The region will prosper if there is peace and stability. It is good for both sides.”

World powers have called on the nations to de-escalate the tensions gripping the contested region since a Feb. 14 suicide bombing killed over 40 Indian paramilitary troops in Indian-controlled Kashmir. India responded with a pre-dawn airstrike on Tuesday inside Pakistan, the first such raid since the two nations’ 1971 war over territory that later became Bangladesh.

The situation then escalated further with Wednesday’s aerial skirmish, which saw Pakistan say it shot down two Indian aircraft, one of which crashed in Pakistan-held part of Kashmir and the other in India-controlled Kashmir. Pakistan later aired a video of a man it identified as the Indian pilot.

India acknowledged one of its MiG-21s, a Soviet-era fighter jet, was “lost” in skirmishes with Pakistan. India’s Ministry of External Affairs said late Wednesday that it “strongly objected to Pakistan’s vulgar display of an injured personnel of the Indian Air Force,” and that it expects his immediate and safe return.

India also said it shot down a Pakistani warplane, something Islamabad denied….

World leaders weighing in on the tension included President Donald Trump, who began remarks at a news conference Thursday in Vietnam after meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by focusing on India and Pakistan.

“I think hopefully that’s going to be coming to an end,” Trump said, without elaborating. “It’s been going on for a long time — decades and decades. There’s a lot of dislike, unfortunately, so we’ve been in the middle trying to help them both out, see if we can get some organization and some peace, and I think probably that’s going to be happening.”…

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  1. mortimer says

    Feb 28, 2019 at 10:46 am

    ROBERT SPENCER is correct again in this assessment: Pakistan was created as a base for the re-conquest of India by Islam. Islam creates enclaves for conquest, because they are imitating their founder Mohammed, who created a terrorist enclave at Medina and from there, Mohammed committed a terrorist act every six weeks in the last nine years of his life. Pakistanis are imitating Mohammed their role model.

    Pakistani love jihad, but pretend they are not secretly supporting it. They talk out of two sides of their mouth.

    The Pak PM said, ‘“We are releasing the Indian pilot as a goodwill gesture..” Why can’t they disarm and jail the jihadists who are attacking India? Because Islam proceeds by TAQIYYA.

    There is no ‘good will’ towards Pakistan … more taqiyya.

    • Venkat says

      Feb 28, 2019 at 11:54 am

      I really do appreciate u for supporting us Mr Spencer I’m not a rightist and probably belong to left but u support us knowing it won’t b worthy of any thing. I salute u. I India as an idea is a huge failure I have to accept but we r too much into it and it’s too late

  2. Venkat says

    Feb 28, 2019 at 11:04 am

    I’m from India and I guess I know the situation better I have to say the fault is on both sides India believes Kashmiris seek just better standard of living and most western media portrays the reason for Kashmiris struggle is becos of the repression and unemployment and police excesses etc by the way most of the police in Kashmir r Muslims. The real prob is Kashmir is not fighting for a better living becos pak Kashmir is much worse off than Indian but it comes to the sole reason of religion . Kashmir wants to b a Muslim republic r b associated with pak which is a Muslim country. My issue with Indian govt is if Muslims want a separate country r want to join pak y waste our resources and army men for this nonsense I’d say good riddance

    • Janwaar Bibi says

      Feb 28, 2019 at 11:12 am

      What do you think we should do with the remaining 175 million Muslims in India, many of whom will also demand their own Islamic republics once they become the majority? West Bengal is already 40% Muslim, to take just once example.

      • Venkat says

        Feb 28, 2019 at 11:50 am

        I don’t have any solutions there but u have to accept accession of Kashmir was a controversial issue and being a democracy r we not supposed to heed to the majority voice

        • Venkat says

          Feb 28, 2019 at 12:10 pm

          Besides rivers and strategic reasons the main reason y India doesn’t want to give up Kashmir is becos it shakes up the ideals of the concept of India where every religion is considered as equal with out prejudices and it will hurt India the most to lose Kashmir becos it’s a Muslim majority. I don’t know many know this Indians are not allowed to buy properties in Kashmir and can’t have industries there. Yet people talk about unemployment and poverty there it’s a terrible travesty

        • LB says

          Mar 1, 2019 at 5:25 am

          You do realize that this is how muslims conquer in today’s time, right?

          Illegally cross neighborhood (non-muslim) country’s borders and breed like rabbits for a few decades. The non-muslim locals will naturally be most welcoming of the new arrivals since it’s in their (non-muslim) nature. Once they grow over a certain percentage, start driving away the locals on individual basis (family by family, house by house, village by village) by force. Should the locals retaliate, shout OPPRESSION and RACISM to the UN (which is already in OIC pocket) from all mouths. Once the locals get slapped down by the various mainstream media and international “human rights” orgs, they won’t dare to rebel again and the hijirah (jihad by immigration) can resume without a hitch. Once they become majority, they demand their own state which is to be eventually merged with their country of origin (in this case, Pakistan).

          Rinse and repeat to completely absorb and obliterate the neighboring non-muslim country. This is why muslims are often compared to parasites and their non-muslim neighbors to host bodies — if nothing is done, the process of slow and painful death is identical in both cases.

          Do you honestly believe that Paki muslims will stop at Kashmir? After all the horrors India went through in its history with muslims?? You must be completely delusional. You might think “there’s no way that central India will ever have this many muslims”, but it will because they play the ultra long game of wait-and-breed; it doesn’t matter to them how many decades (or even centuries) it will take. Stand up now with a bang, or let your ancient civilization be destroyed without even a whimper.

      • Mirren10 says

        Feb 28, 2019 at 2:12 pm

        ”What do you think we should do with the remaining 175 million Muslims in India”

        Round them all up and dump them in Pakistan.

        • Salome says

          Feb 28, 2019 at 3:16 pm

          You mean, ‘Pak them off?’

    • Pete says

      Feb 28, 2019 at 3:53 pm

      Venkat
      Dont ever give in to islamic demands. By all accounts islam is falsehood . Ypu are better off being a hindu. I hope that someday india kicks the arse off pakistan.
      Believe me allah cannot help them . he’s dead with muhamad

      • Venkat says

        Mar 1, 2019 at 1:56 am

        I’m agnostic Pete but I’m just trying to say we r losing precious lives and money on this and the fact is kashmiris are so mentally distanced away from us keeping them is just waste of precious resources

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 28, 2019 at 10:57 pm

      So you are saying that the “fault on both sides’ when it comes to India is that they are not giving in to violent Muslim demands quickly enough for your taste?

      Ceding your lands to Islam will just further embolden Muslims.

      • Venkat says

        Mar 1, 2019 at 12:27 am

        I’m just pointing out that the majority of the people wants it to b a Muslim land and no matter what we do to appease them r suppress them won’t change their mind set. Ofcourse Kashmir had a Hindu history before Mughal rule and that is a different matter altogether

        • gravenimage says

          Mar 1, 2019 at 11:01 pm

          What other parts of India will Muslims demand next? What other parts of Dar-al-Harb? They won’t rest until they take over.

  3. sidney penny says

    Feb 28, 2019 at 7:03 pm

    “But this “dislike” is rooted in Pakistan’s adherence to the theology of jihad, and thus as far as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is concerned, there will never be any genuine lasting peace until India is conquered and Islamized.”

    Robert Spencer understands this 100%.

    The people of Pakistan are Indians.Most people do not understand why there was a “Partition” of India and why Pakistan was created in 1947.

    Simple answer is the Muslims in India wanted tier own Islamic state.Simple answer is because of Religion and what religion.You guessed right Islam.

  4. gravenimage says

    Feb 28, 2019 at 11:00 pm

    Pakistan pledges to release captive Indian fighter pilot
    …

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 28, 2019 at 11:01 pm

      That was not supposed to have posted without any comment.

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