Chapter 558: Fueling the Flames

There has hardly been a calm between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir issue, and although the violence in recent days has been serious for both India and Pakistan, there is still a long way to go before a new India-Pakistan war.

Because after many bloody battles between India and Pakistan, both sides understand that in the current situation, neither side can occupy an overwhelming advantage.

Although the Indian side suffered heavy losses in this incident, under their strong statements and swift military counter-terrorism measures, the Indian side actually only asked Pakistan to restrain the actions of Muslim militants on the one hand, and to calm Kashmir by militarily striking separatists militarily on the other.

Although there is no direct connection between Pakistan and the Indian-administered Kashmiri separatists, because they are both Muslim camps, the Pakistani side has an important influence on the Muslims who account for the majority of the population in Kashmir, and even most of the weapons armed by the Indian-administered Kashmiri separatists are provided through the civilian armed forces of some Muslim factions in Pakistan, so the Pakistani side still has an important influence on these separatists.

In view of the current grim situation, the Palestinians are not ready for war, so at the strong request of the Indian side, they also secretly exerted pressure on the Muslim separatists through various channels to exercise restraint. The biggest backer of the Muslim separatists in Indian-administered Kashmir is the support of the Muslim factions on the Palestinian side, and this time these Muslim armed forces were strongly restrained by the bigwigs behind the scenes, and had to reduce their support for them.

It is seen that the situation will return to relative calm. During a routine political visit by Snyder, the third ambassador to the United States, Snyder, the whole thing began to turn sour, and it developed in another direction.

"Mr. Burns," said Silam, who looked at U.S. Secretary of State Burns in front of him and prepared to get to the point, "Since the Kashmir Muslim Liberation Front has launched a series of terrorist attacks since its establishment, resulting in a large number of casualties among our civilians and officials, we hope that your country will support our diplomatic efforts to include this organization in the United Nations Security Council list of terrorist organizations and ensure that it can be severely cracked down." ”

In order to thoroughly crack down on the separatists in Indian-administered Kashmir, the Indian side has not only taken a tough military approach, but also politically tried to define the so-called Muslim Liberation Front of Kashmir as a terrorist organization, so that these separatists could not find any international political sympathy.

"The United States has taken note of the recent armed attacks by the Kashmir Muslim Liberation Front, and we consider the recent attacks on Kashmiri officials and military barracks in your country to be intolerable acts of terrorism, and condemn them in the strongest terms, and we support the efforts being made by the Indian side to combat terrorist activities and designate them as terrorist organizations."

As a heavyweight in the domestic political arena, US Secretary of State Burns has already been briefed on the CIA's new plan, and of course knows what he should do to provoke a new conflict between India and Pakistan.

Seeing Burns's unequivocal supportiveness, Silam was surprised to see that it would take a lot of effort to achieve this goal, but he quickly suppressed his overjoy. Begin to work towards another, more difficult goal.

"Thank you very much for the support of the United States for India's fight against terrorism, in order to better crack down on terrorists in the country, we have already proposed to you the procurement of anti-terrorism weapons and equipment, and this time we hope to get further help from your country to allow our country to purchase these military equipment, so that we can more effectively fight terrorists." Another purpose of Silam's visit today is to obtain US support in the military field and to be able to purchase some advanced weapons from the United States.

"For example, Apache helicopter gunships and F-35 blitzkriegs," Siram continued, adding that these weapons are certainly not directly aimed at the Kashmir Muslim Liberation Front separatists, and although the Apache helicopter gunships barely have a stinging relationship with this, the purely aggressive F-35, the fourth-generation workhorse of the US military, is by no means something that terrorists can afford.

This is not the first time that Siram has made this request to the United States, but Burns knows that in order to maintain the balance of military power on the South Asian continent, the United States can still consider the sale of Apache helicopter gunships, but the F-35, a weapon of mass destruction, has never been on the list of weapons that can be sold to India.

"Mr. Silam, the F-35 is no ordinary weapon," Burns said after smiling, "You know, the U.S. side has always wanted the military balance to be maintained on the South Asian continent, and I don't think this kind of weaponry is needed to fight terrorism." ”

Although India has been laid out to be a touchstone for testing the development of China's military equipment, and F-35 fighters are ready to ban India, Burns is not willing to agree so easily. On the one hand, it is too easy for the Indian side to see through its intentions, so that this plan will be aborted, and on the other hand, how can Burns be willing to squeeze something out of India, which has always been rich in military equipment procurement.

Anyway, this is a fat sheep sent to the door, and if you don't slaughter it, you won't slaughter it.

Seeing that Burns did not refuse as before, completely sealing the space for negotiation, Silam couldn't help but secretly rejoice, it looks like there is a door today!

"Mr. Burns, frankly, the roots of our terrorism have a great deal to do with our neighbors, and now that our neighbors have acquired two additional squadrons of advanced third-generation fighters and an armored brigade of advanced tanks, we hope to be able to procure F-35 fighters precisely in order to maintain the military balance in the region and curb the adversary's military adventurist tendencies." Siram made further efforts.

Seeing that the heat was almost over, Burns pretended to groan, "Actually, it is not impossible to consider selling F-35 fighters, but we hope that your country can consider the combination of F-35 and F-16." Wouldn't it be more beneficial for your country to achieve air superiority with the F-35 and F-16C/D to form a high-low match? ”

The United States has always wanted to sell their outdated F-16s, and is ready to update the main fighters to the F-35 by dumping these F-16s that are about to be scrapped in their arsenals, but the Indian side rejected the American F-16 a few years ago, and they would rather purchase European Rafale fighters than touch the F-16.

In this case, Burns, of course, hopes to be able to market the F-16 with the trend.

"If you're willing to buy on a 1:3 basis, I think the officials at the Defense Trade Controls Council will seriously consider your request." Burns offered the price of the American side.