Just Three Minutes From Nuclear Strike

Independent (UK) ^ | 5-24-2002 | Peter Popham

[blam]

KABOOM!

[crypt2k]

Use 'em or lose 'em.

[TN Republican]

One minute and counting....

[swarthyguy]

During the first war in 1948, two family friends, both muslims from Bombay ended up in the two opposing armies. During lulls in the fighting they would catch up on family news via military radios.

[Pagey]

How many seconds will it be before all 5ft. 2in.of "Mr. Dass" comes out and say it's George Bush' fault,Hmmm?

[blam]

"During the first war in 1948, two family friends, both muslims from Bombay ended up in the two opposing armies. During lulls in the fighting they would catch up on family news via military radios."

Similar to The War Between The States in this country in the mid-1800's.

[Dog Gone]

This looks almost like a fight between family members who share much in common but absolutely hate each other's guts.

That's a lot of nukes to go flying. I hope calmer heads prevail.

[backhoe]

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[swarthyguy]

I didn't make clear they were brothers! Which i'm sure happened in the 1860's as well.

[the_doc]

Is he really that short?

[Pagey]

I've seen Pics taken of him from behind of him standing on a wooden step---(Surely someone will post one for you to see shortly.)Yes,he's very short,which I won't accept as an excuse for his reprehensible and anti-American behavior either.I'm sure as a youth he used that one.

[the_doc]

Actually, my Pakistani and Indian friends tell me that the two populations as a whole really don't hate each other all that much.

They tell me, however, that the governments have been bitter rivals over Kashmir ever since an Indian leader in Kashmir reneged on the partition agreement which was to place Kashmir in Pakistan back in the 1940s.

The Indians continue to claim Kashmir in spite of the agreement. The Pakistanis want Kashmir under Pakistani control because Kashmir is their main source of water.

Does anyone have any other info on this explanation?

[the_doc]

I don't regard it as an excuse. But some docs do believe in a "short man syndrome" which could be interesting in explaining his demagoguery.

[Focault's Pendulum]

The three minute warning appears to be eerily accurate.

[SamAdams76]

Three quarters of a million Indian troops are strung out along India's 2000-mile border with Pakistan, from the torrid salt marshes of Gujarat to the frozen peaks of Siachen Glacier in the High Himalayas. They are confronted by a quarter of a million Pakistanis.

How do these forces stack up against the (shudder) elite Iraqi Republican Guard?

[Dog Gone]

That's essentially what happened, although that's basically the Pakistani spin. The Indian spin is that even though the ruler reneged, Pakistan had invaded and never withdrew before a vote was supposed to be held to determine the outcome.

From my perspective, if Pakistan withdrew and a vote were held, Kashmir would vote to be independent of India. But too much water has passed under the bridge since that time for such a vote to be held. India wouldn't consider the idea, and the Paks have no intention of withdrawing even if they did.

It's the same stalemate as we see on the West Bank only in a different location.

I think India has too much of a hardass position on the matter. I'm not aware of the strategic value of Kashmir to it, although it's clearly a matter of pride. There is also no excuse for the historic practice of Pakistan to send terrorists into Kashmir to kill innocent civilians or even military targets.

The situation, in my opinion, can't be resolved by the two parties alone. There is simply too much bad blood. It desperately needs an international peace conference. The US could mediate, maybe even with the presence of the Russians and Chinese. Whatever. So far, the Indians absolutely oppose any international involvement at all.

But it sure beats the heck out of killing a few million people with nukes. There is a solution out there if only people wanted to work toward it.

[Fish out of Water]

*Index Bump

[Barnacle]

Indian and Pakistani troops once again exchanged heavy artillery fire across Kashmir's ceasefire line..

Time to rename that line.

[mn_b_one]

Light 'em up! Got Mushroom? (cloud)

Give 'em the happy mushroom.

[Thumper1960]

The Little Man has a complex. He'll never be a US President. Short men haven't been elected in well over 100 years. Little Tommy D'a$$-hole must be content to be the gnat that buzzes around George W's head.