Ignore Pakistan to make it go away.

"The tenth anniversary of the Mumbai attack on 26/11 has had the usual political response. The standard praise for those who lost their lives, a strict warning to terrorists, some identity politics played using Pakistan and Islamic terror as targets, and finally praising the spirit of Mumbaikars," wrote Prof S Rajagopalan. Mumbai has a population of 13 million and another 4 million come into the city everyday to work. The total sanctioned police force is 50,465, but with 17% vacancies there are 41,955 personnel. About 20,000 to 27,000 are dedicated to protecting VIPs, leaving just 20,000 for Mumbai citizens, which is 1 policeman for 650-850 people, against a UN recommendation of 250 policemen for every 100,000 people. New York police has a budget of $5 billion (Rs 350 billion), while the budget for Mumbai police is a paltry Rs 134 billion. So they are supplied with substandard bullet proof vests. All politicians in India have a callous disregard for citizens. The Mumbai attack took place in November 2008 and before the funeral pyres had a chance to cool the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was in Sharm el-Sheikh shaking hands and smiling at cameras with Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, in July 2009. Mocking India, Shah Mahmood Qureshi said, "Pakistan is willing to talk in a united voice; Pakistan has no malice in its heart; Pakistan is not afraid to talk; we are willing to sit at the table and we know how to present our position." "If it has been agreed and committed to that dialogue is the only way forward, what's there to feel shy about." This government has been bragging about a 'surgical strike' on terrorist camps within Pakistan on 26 September 2016, following an attack on an Indian army camp at Uri on 18 September. Politicians are adept at taking credit without taking any risk. Soldiers were sent across the border and had to find their way back, trying to avoid death as the angry Pakistanis resorted to heavy firing. Prime Minister Modi has been milking the surgical strike for political gain, but did it reduce terrorist attacks? There were 174 deaths due to terrorism in 2015 in Jammu and Kashmir, which went up to 267 in 2016 and 358 in 2017, wrote A Patel, who is no friend of Modi. There have been 339 deaths already this year. So what is the government going to do? It has begged Pakistan to give up double standards and has gratefully acknowledged US demands for the perpetrators to be punished. Because even after ten years have passed our preparations have been shoddy, with intelligence agencies not communicating with each other. We must declare Pakistan a terrorist state, cut off all relations, seal the border and shoot at anything that tries to cross it. Without India as an excuse Pakistan will collapse. The problem will disappear.