How could we give up after so many years? How could we not values the thousand life of the past?
I agree with all your sentiments! When we look at the long term benifit of the people of Kashmir, population of India. Economically and socially this is going to be good for us.
A loss is a loss for the nation. If the loss could supress future losses, the loss is divine. We could give Kashmir independent status, but not financial aid from population of India. We have already spent and lost enough life to safe gaurd it...
But before all did anybody bother to ask the common man of Kashmir what he needs? They are the right people for decide.
On either the side we as a nation would win. Also, we could hope to fulfil the thurst of all Pakistani Politician after the loss of Bangladesh.
Why did India intervien into their internal matter? Now we have them intervein in to ours? That too who... "The greatest enemy of Democracy" ...