India Presses Pakistan On Terrorism But Finds Its Own Options Limited

Flames and smoke poured from the Taj hotel in Mumbai, India, on Saturday.
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From The New York Times:

NEW DELHI — Even as Indian officials on Thursday lambasted Pakistan as the “epicenter” of terrorism and dismissed its crackdown on extremist groups as inadequate in the wake of last month’s attacks in Mumbai, they all but ruled out the prospect of a military confrontation.

Rather, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee told members of Parliament that it would take time for India to turn off the tap of support for militant groups operating across the border, and that war was “no solution.”

“We shall have to patiently confront it,” he said. “We have no intention to be provoked.”

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My Comment: Will India start a special ops war against Pakistan, in which intelligence officers conduct a clandestine war against Pakistani militants .... this option has had no play in the Indian media, but I am sure that it is now being discussed within the Indian Government.

Short of always complaining .... the Indian Government's options are very limited.