During his trip to South Asia, President George W. Bush did his best to whistle past the diplomatic graveyard of Kashmir, issuing only bland encouragements to the leaders of India and Pakistan to resolve the status of the disputed territory. That's a shame, because instead of ignoring Kashmir, Bush and his administration should be studying it as a case study in dealing with an insurgency.

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Anit Mukherjee, a doctoral candidate at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins, served in the Indian Army for nine years.

nice article by a man who has on the ground experience of counter-insurgency

Kashmir: Lessons from another insurgency - Editorials & Commentary - International Herald Tribune