Does it threaten it’s neighbor nations other than India?
I think we could take India to task on that issue as well, but I believe India has to bluster to a certain extent just to remind Pakistan that it will pay a terrible toll if it uses it’s nukes.
It is interesting that the skirmishes between Pakistan and India subsided once the U. S. got involved with Pakistan during the wars subsequent to 09/11/2001.
Yes. It created the Taliban and sponsored, trained and protected them until this year (may be they still do)
Yes. It created the Taliban and sponsored, trained and protected them until this year (may be they still do) -- so it caused trouble in 2 of its 3 neighbors.
Also, the problem is that these are all more "countries" rather than "nations" -- Pakistan for instance is a country of 5 nations: Punjabis, Sindhis, Baluchis (who are an Irani people who are also in the neighboring Irani province of Sistan-e-Baloch), Pushtuns/Pathans (who are also the majority in Afghanistan -- they were split by the British Durand line (which was set up by the English after their failed Anglo-Afghan wars in the 19th century) in the North-West Frontier province) and Muhajirs (Moslems from what is now northern India/Uttar Pradesh) --> they speak, respectively: Punjabi, Sindhi, Balochi, Pushtun and Urdu
Similarly India is a federation of at least 30 to 40 different "nations" with multiple languages (400 I think), scripts (at least 24), histories, cultures, religions.
Afghanistan is dominated by Pushtuns but has still large populations of Tajiks (another Irani people), Hazaras (Mongolic peoples), Uzbeks and Turkmen (both Turkic peoples) as well as some Punjabis. Even Iran is not majority Persian but has many other Irani groups (Kurds, Balochis etc.) and some Arabs, Turkmen, Assyrians, Armenians etc. (the Assyrian and Armenian Christians are free to practise their religions and their ancient churches are not molested).
Sorry, got carried away
err... why?
Not really, the border clashes still continue
If one takes Pakistan to task for bluster, then they should also take India to task for bluster. Heck, I’m taking Putin to task for it right now.
I did mention that India is in a situation where it has to bluster if Pakistan is going to, so I do realize there’s a reason for the bluster.
IMO, Pakistan has been the aggressor with India, so I understand your objection, and wouldn’t disagree with it’s merits.
It’s my thought that you don’t bluster when it comes to the use of nukes. You use back channels to let your opposition know exactly what will happen if they should be so stupid, but it isn’t a matter for public discourse.