Tensions between India and Pakistan have escalated further after a top Pakistani official claimed early Wednesday to have “credible intelligence” that New Delhi will carry out a military action against Islamabad within the next two days.
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Isn’t this just India posturing because of the Kashmir attack? The first threat about cutting off water was an empty one so now they are floating some military strike just to appear thst they care? I may eat my words here, but neither party is going to risk a full on war with an enemy with nukes over a place like Kashmir.
How is India posturing ? They ARE cutting off water
But they ain’t got that infrastructure to stop the flow for long time
Not how I wanted to solve global warming.
Ice Age!
They really were just waiting for an excuse to start a war werent they?
They been doing it for decades, India and Pakistan have been at odds for a very long time. One of the reasons why Indian don’t trounce Pakistan, is nukes, which China has helped build during the Cold war. It’s most 3 way conflict in a sense. Kashmir, and the northern part of India which china claims and vice versa.
The Intel:
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Except on WhatsApp, because that’s what south asians tend to use.
If this causes nukes to fly, then it’s been nice knowing you all of if it causes WW3.
They’ve had an actual (small) war before, subsequent to them both getting nuclear weapons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kargil_War
They did not use their nuclear weapons.
It also marks one of only two instances of conventional warfare between nuclear-armed states (alongside the Sino-Soviet border conflict).
I hope this is all that happens then
Same but also more real for me because I live in Mumbai. Probably the top target for Pakistani nukes.
Really wish everyone would put the canned sunshine back on the shelf where it belongs :/
Best wishes, but really living up to the username, huh?
Hope for the best my friend
it’s been nice knowing you all
Has it though?
Stop reading the news.
If it happens it happens. When you see the flash, lay down prone on the ground with your head towards the detonation and your hands covering your face.
I just skim stories and catch a general idea of what’s going on for this reason.
‘Is this something I can actionably do something about? No? Then don’t worry about it.’
Organizing locally to resist ICE and protect your neighbors from being black bagged is ABSOLUTELY something you can do right now.
This is assuming you are in America. PSL and DSA come to mind as organization in my area. In your area it might be a random anarchist group.
You don’t need to agree with all their political ideas. But right now it’s the socialist, communist, and anarchist organizing to resist these fascist.
ITT people claiming this could be a WW3 starter. Even if India engaged Pakistan militarily, I fail to see how that would lead to anything larger than a localised conflict.
Like, neither country is geopolitically significant enough for any major players to care at that level. Sure, India getting bogged down in war could affect supply chains around the world, but would any of the heavyweights like US, China, Russia or a semi-relevant NATO country think that would be worth their involvement? If Russia being on year 11 of their military invasion of a NATO-bordering country hasn’t sparked a world war yet, I don’t see how this would either.
If Modi thinks it’ll help him stay in power, he’d probably do it.
They both have nukes though
They’ve had these border skirmishes and terrorist attacks about every 2-3 years for the last 50 years without resorting to nukes.
Since when is India not a major player? Last I checked they were the world’s 4th biggest economy, have almost 20% of the population of the planet (more than four USes combined), 4th largest military spend and have nearly 200 nukes.
Not to say that it would be part of a world war but it sounds weird to say that they’re not a heavyweight but Russia is, despite having double Russia’s economic output.
Agree with everything you’ve said. They only thing is China has been contesting a North Western border with India for some time so they might take the opportunity for some shenanigans.
Still don’t see it escalating beyond regional though as you said.
India RN:
I suspect that’s exactly the reaction Pakistan is hoping for.
On one hand I think you’re right but on the other, if they’re correct, I’d say they want India to know they’re in their systems or have spies.
That kind of an opsec failure is going to be disconcerting at a minimum.
Well, if Pakistan got it right this might just be disconcerting enough for India to abort this planned attack . Even if Pakistan didn’t get it right or are maybe even bluffing it might create an international reaction that could cause India pause before any future attacks.
Please tell me they got it off Signal. So hot right now!
Always telling whenever terrorists attack non-white people and nobody seems to care or even notice.
It’s like I have to find out on my own on a gore site that an attack even happened at all.
Wtf are you on about, it was all over the Internet.
Really? I found out about it by seeing videos on Kaotic, then when I checked youtube to see what’s up all of the reports had <1M views days after airing.
Doesn’t really sound like “all over the internet to me,” but you seem like someone who doesn’t have a grasp on how massive the internet has become.
Literally covered on every single news site lol.
What type of response do you hope to elicit by discounting everyone’s experience but your own and insulting the intelligence of those who engage with you?
I genuinely don’t care about your responses.
Why respond at all if that were the case?
It’s probably the Internet bubble thing, I saw news about it and the development of things afterwards, I’m hoping a war doesn’t break out but there is jack shit we can do about it.
WW3 heating up
I only learned about hostilities between the two countries after about 28-30 years on the planet (thanks, US edumacation system) and I still don’t think I understand why they don’t get along…
To any who are stuck in their countries as their governments choose the stupidest possible actions, you have my sympathies, and I wish you well in the coming days.
Pakistan was created by Indian separatists (I’m oversimplifying, but that’s the crux). They’re divided by religious groups (e.g. Pakistan is majority Muslim, while India is mostly Hindu (~80%).
Border disputes (mainly Kashmir) worsened by the friction between a Muslim-majority Pakistan and a Hindu-majority India when both are led by increasingly nationalist governments, basically.
Ah yes, “my god(s) that I made up is better than your god(s) that you made up”
Hate to break it to you buddy, but the more you study religion, the more you’ll realize that they’re fighting to bring their gods to life and shape the world as they see fit.
That’s how they could convince people to go to war over their religion. There would be no need for war if one side believed in the ‘right’ god, because all the other sides would be punished by that god. But the religious interpretation of ‘god’ means that the outcome of the war will determine which god is ‘right.’
Gods being as real as we make them is a feature, not a bug.
My impression of the conflict: The partition of British India into independent India and independent Pakistan was very violent and traumatizing for lots of people, and also left some unsolved border disputes. The independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan was likewise very violent and saw India helping the Bangladeshi people gain independence. Both events are long enough in the past that people could have gotten over the hate by now, except that it gets refreshed with new violence every few years. In the last few decades there’s been several terror attacks in India that were sponsored by the Pakistani state. But now India too has a religious fundamentalist government, so maybe they’ll be trying to return the favor. Authoritarians love creating external enemies, it helps them stay in control of their own population.
Oh for fucks sake.
Before we all die in WW3 I’d just like to say: It’s “Oh for fuck’s sake.”
Oh for fuck is sake
Since the sake belongs to the fuck, the possessive apostrophe is appropriate. It’s not a contraction.
Actually this is a common misconception. Fucks sake is a rice wine from the Fucks region of Giveashit. Nothing to do with Sir Reginald Fuck despite appearances
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