After every tragedy in Siachen, it is almost laughably predictable to see a spate of articles and programs advocating a settlement (largely on Pakistani terms), if not an outright withdrawal, from the area. Most of these write-ups start with a palpably insincere tribute to the Indian soldiers who serve and often lose their life or limb on the icy heights of the highest and coldest battlefield in the world. Once the lip-service to the soldiers has been paid, the entire thrust of the argument is on why serving on the glacier is a pointless waste of resources and is strategically senseless. Ergo, we should settle the Siachen issue so that the precious lives of soldiers can be saved. Invariably, most of the academics, journalists, activists writing such drivel are very active on track-II circuits, many of them funded by the Pakistanis and some Western donors, even governments, whose line is then plugged to influence Indian public opinion.
http://www.vifindia.org/article/2016/february/22/steadfast-in-siachen
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