Cause and Effect

60 years ago India achieved independence from the British after a long struggle.

India was the jewel in the crown of the British Empire. It's independence would signal the beginning of the end of the largest empire the World has known. It was a huge blow for Britain. But the British thought they could have the final laugh.

Aided by the self-serving paranoids of the Muslim League, the British would partition India on their leaving and create the wholly artificial state of Pakistan. This partition would not only result in a million deaths and the largest human movement in history (15 million people). It would cast a shadow over the sub-continent that lasts to this day. A shadow that now includes the possibility of nuclear holocaust.

Pakistan is a failed state. It's a failed state because it is an artificial state. It's people have nothing in common other than their religion.

Nothing good has come from Pakistan since it was created. For more than half it's life, including now, it has been ruled by the military, a stark contrast to India which has been a model of liberal democracy since independence. It was the Pakistani secret police which created the Islamic extremists, including the Taleban, to fight the Soviet army in Afghanistan. These extremists have now turned on the rest of the world. They are blowing themselves up and murdering others all over the world, including London. Three of the four 7/7 bombers were of Pakistani origin. Who's laughing now?