That's not respect, that's servility.
Plus the now permanent US bases in Pakistan will prevent India from taking Pakistan out should the terrorism continue.
Yes, it will. So you're saying we should therefore give security guarantees to India? Sorry, it doesn't work that way. Perhaps India should seek out other allies. Or be prepared to go it alone. Bottom line, if India is not prepared to do whatevers necessary to protect its survival, then there's no reason to expect anyone to respect them.
It needs the United States as an ally.
Pleading does not become a sovereign nation that seeks to be seen as a regional superpower. When India stops demeaning itself, maybe then the world will stop demeaning her.
Do you really think India could attack Pakistan when the US has built a permanent base there?
If you assume India can not, then you're pre-emptively accepting defeat. Once India shows that it is willing to take on Pakistan regardless of an American presence, you may see a change in the environment. But as things stand right now, our boys are in Pakistan, and India is openly unwilling to do anything to Pakistan while they're there. This gives Musharraf a blank check to do pretty much anything he wants. Change the assumptions, and the game changes.
India will never attack U.S. interests. Are you encouraging war between India and the United States?
(1) are constitutional republics;
(2) are thriving democracies;
(3) speak English as their lingua franca in both commerce and legal systems;
(4) have a three-pronged governmental make-up (executive, judicial, and legislative);
(5) are technologically progressive and sound;
(6) are threatened by Chinese Communism;
(7) are threatened by Islamic Fundamentalism;
(8) are capitalist;
(9) threw off British colonial rule;
(10) are secular;
(11) are multi-religious;
(12) are multi-ethnic;
(13) are pluralistic;
(14) have thriving entertainment industries (see, Hollywood and Bollywood);
(15) enjoy freedom of speech and expression (see, the thousands of Indian newspapers, each with their own opinions and agendas); and
(16) have bickering partisan politics in their respective Congressional and Senatorial bodies.
And you are going to tell me it is in America and Israel's best interest to foment disputes between these two great nations?
Pakistan is a blood leech on our collective financial resources, as well as on our diplomatic reserves.