Commentary: How U.S. should respond to Mumbai attacks
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/01/bergen.mumbai/index.html
A captured suspect in the Mumbai attacks has told police that he is Pakistani, Indian officials say. CNN’s sister station, CNN-IBN, reports that the alleged terrorist said he was trained by Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, a Pakistan-based terror group that opposes India over the disputed Kashmir region. Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, known by its initials LeT in the counter-terrorism community, should be the leading suspect in the attacks, according to a U.S. counterterrorism official who closely follows South Asia. After the attacks in Mumbai, India has been at even greater odds with Pakistan. Many are pressuring war between the two.
I believe that the U.S. should be completely neutral in this conflict. We have good relations with both of the countries and would not benefit from choosing sides. I say we should let them settle the issue themselves and go about our own business. I also believe that Pakistan, as a country, had nothing to do with these attacks and therefore should not be “bullied.” Pakistani leaders never publicly denounced India or said anything even mortally close to that. They simply do not deserve this type of attention.