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This isn't posturing - we're on the brink of a nuclear war
The Telegraph (U.K.) ^
| 05/31/2002
| Ahmed Rashid
Posted on 05/30/2002 4:25:59 PM PDT by Pokey78
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05/30/2002 4:25:59 PM PDT
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Pokey78
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Ahmed Rashid is a journalist from Pakistan, and his book on the Taliban shows how well he understands the situation.
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To: aristeides
This is a sensible article that everyone should read. I give the odds of avoiding war at a little less than 50/50.
To: Pokey78
Many Pakistanis think a nuclear bomb just makes a bigger bang than an ordinary one. I guess so!
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05/30/2002 4:40:06 PM PDT
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knak
To: Pokey78
I believe this could very easily spiral out of control, Pakistan reacting with use of nuclear arms to counter the large Indian military personnel numbers. When this happens all bets are off.
The scenarios I've seen talk of limited nukes hitting cities close to the border. Sorry, but I see new Dehli and Islamabad as much more likely targets.
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To: DoughtyOne
The question then remains, does China sit back and watch India walk on Pakistan? This could get VERY ugly.
To: Pokey78
I'm very concerned about this. It's playing right into the hands of the muslim extremists who may find an opportunity to get control of Pakistan (and nukes) should war break out.
Where's Ghandi when you need him? :p
To: Pokey78
Am I the only one who doesn't care if the Indians and the Pakistanis all kill each other?
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To: DoughtyOne
Yes, it could get ugly. If China comes in on Pakistan's side, that invites Russia and the U.S. to come in on India's side, whereupon the whole Moslem world presumably comes in on Pakistan's, whereupon Europe...
This could be like the opening of World War One.
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To: Pokey78
BTW, I think that any local region has the right to choose their fealty. Just as I beleive the states in America have the right to seceed if they so choose, if Kashmire wants to be a part of Pakistan then India ought to let it go.
That's my first instinct though I admit I'm not terribly well informed on the situation as a whole.
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Kashmir is of strategic importance. As long as India occupies it, it blocks easy communications between Pakistan and its Chinese ally. A Pakistani Kashmir renders China a much more significant military threat to India.
To: aristeides
Ah, I understand, thanks for clarifying.
To: aristeides
Why would China be allied to a theocracy when they are godless communists, and vice versa? Politics makes strange bed fellows, and all that.
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