Posted on 12/30/2001 1:23:20 PM PST by Sawdring
I believe India tried to do exactly this in 1971. It either failed, or was aborted.. do you know?
India otoh would look at Pakistan as one theater - China being another along with the Indians considering Bangladesh, Burma and their large coastline as being areas to protect. For these reasons I believe that the Indians have probably let the Pakis know that even though they have a 'no first use' policy with the nukes, they might have no choice but to use them pre-emptively if Pakistan-China start mobilising in concert. You'll note the recent change in Paki rhetoric to that of peace - with still a faint hint of nuclear blackmail thrown in for good measure.
If the USN wasn't in the Arabian sea, I would betcha that the Indian Navy would have moved out to blockade the Pakis.
As it seems tha tthe Pakis have a tendency to be Osama-backers, I hope they get their clocks cleaned. Not a very loving statement, but then, war is not a very loving action.
Actually that was when a holy war was waged on America. We have never actually even waged war on Afghanistan. WWIII would have to involve many countries fighting against many other countries. I have not seen this type of fighting. All I have seen is us dropping bombs on Afghanistan and the talibums and al-quida running like rats. If you want to call that WWIII you have the right but I fail to see it.
Furthermore, India has hundreds of ancient gods on its side, among them Rama, Krishna, Shiva-Kali....while Pakistan has only Satan, who appeared to the mad bandit Muhammad in the guise of an angel and possessed him while he uttered the hypnotic passages of the Koran.
BTW, why is it that we always are told the Koran is "the" Muslim holy book? Nearly all their directives, everything the makes Islam the hellish thing it is, come from the Hadith or other sources in the tradition.
This is boilerplate.
Pakistan would have little opportunity to use the nukes once the war starts. The nukes have little military value, being deterrent only. And they would soon have no air bases or missile bases left to launch from. The nukes are useless to Pakistan.
Very likely. It has taken years for prior world wars to get roaring. This might not be any different.
Pakis fought them to a draw in the west in 71
A large percentage of the Indian military was being employed in what is now Bangladesh
Most of the Indian armored forces were in the west however.
Logistics stopped the Indians as much as casualties. They couldn't have sustained a drive into Pakistan even if they'd had Desert Storm like success
In training and equipment Indians and Paks are pretty evenly matched.
Indians have the numbers though
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