There have been two wars on our two borders in a span of two months. But only one is ours. Best to focus on that one.

Those among us who say that Israeli and American aggression against Iran is condemnable in the strongest words, are right. There can be absolutely nothing right or justified in two nuclear powers ganging up against a non-nuclear country (no proof yet that Iran has weaponized enriched uranium) and launching unprovoked attacks against military and civilian targets. Pakistan has done right to express solidarity with Iran.

We have also taken the correct initiative at the UN by sponsoring a resolution urging an immediate halt to aggression against Iran.

But there are limits to what we can do. Or should do. These limits should be defined by our priorities. Not by our emotions.

All policy must therefore coalesce around these priorities with clarity and cold logic. This logic dictates that our real, clear and present danger emanates from India, and India alone. All other threats are either indirect, or implied, or both.

It makes perfect sense then to carry out our diplomatic and kinetic calculation in reference to the threat from India. The fog of war on our eastern border appears to have made........

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