How would the new alternative deal with Pakistan?
When there is a terrorist attack it has to be met. Our intelligence and security system has to be such that most of the time it is able to anticipate and prevent. But if a terrorist attack still takes place, it has to be met as in the Mumbai attack. But the important thing is to see that democracy grows in Pakistan also. We should not talk of a war because that will again drive Pakistan to a military takeover. Pakistan is very weak democracy. They have only recently got an elected government. It is good if that democratic government strengthens. It has to deal with many problems including the Taliban. And the Taliban is the creation of the US. This fact must be hammered home in the minds of the Indian people. The US created the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan because they thought it was necessary to fight the Soviet Union. They created this Frankenstein that is becoming a problem even for Pakistan. We have to adopt a policy that could lead to peace and good neighbourliness between
