[ken5050]

You probably have a 30-40% chance of a nuclear release on the India-Pakistani border......

[ken5050]

You probably have a 30-40% chance of a nuclear release on the India-Pakistani border......

[MaxwellWolf]

A recent article in Washington Post said that US military played 25 different scenarios in war games between Pakistan and India and each led to use of nuclear weapons.

[Dog Gone]

I hope all you guys are wrong about this.

I don't think there is any doubting the bitter animosity between India and Pakistan. They truly to hate each other's guts.

But the fact that both of them have nukes may keep the lid on this thing. They both know that even if they launch first, they're likely to lose one of their major cities before it's over. That's beyond suffering the international fallout from use of nukes.

They may scream and shout a lot, but I don't think either side is willing to launch the first nuke.

[bwteim]

There's also another thread on this at:

India will attack Pakistan: Farooq "negotiation era has ended"

[Publius6961]

Pakistan Says It Will Teach India Lesson if Attacked

Oh my. Pakistan is sure going to be busy shortly.

I do hope, for their sake, that there is some substance behind the bluster or it's not going to be pretty for them.
I don't see a repeat of the let-the-target-escape again like Iraq in '93.

[TheLooseThread]

I had never really formed an opinion about the India-pakistan conflict. I did not know who was right or wrong, or if there even was a right or wrong in the conflict.

I now understand why India hates pakistan so much. I support India.

[Frohickey]

[start sarcasm]

Can't we send a few hundred Progressive Anti-War Democrats over to Pakistan to show them how to understand the Indian's point of view?

Me, I would mandate that an Indian Hindu would have to marry an Pakistan Muslim, and vice-versa. After two generations, you wouldn't have two countries, but one. Of course, this idea would violate a lot of human rights, but hey, safety over rights, no?

[end sarcasm]

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Muslim fanatics vs. people who believe they will be reincarnated.

What exactly is there to prevent these groups from going nuclear?

[MadIvan]

India is the long term partner, partially because they are not subject to falling under a wacko Islamist government, which in my view has become inevitable in Pakistan - and partially because their size means they are an effective counterbalance to China. They are becoming more capitalist as time goes on, as the software industry in Bangalore is showing.

Plus they are an English speaking country, at least in part.

If Pakistan falls to the wacko Islamists, time to write India a blank cheque.

Regards, Ivan

FreeBritannia.co.uk

[lds23]

Don't forget the army of programmers from India. I bet these guys could shut down Pakistan's communications, banking, etc....

[KQQL]

Pakistan and India are all talk no action.(relax everyone, these 2 countries are full of sh@@t)
I doubt they will nuke each other.