[Jim Noble]

I thought on 9/11 that WW III had begun.

I still do.

And I am quite certain that WW III will involve the liquidation of Pakistan, either during the war or as a consequence.

It made no sense in 1948, and it makes no sense now.

[backhoe]

Jim, are you referring to this?

The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved.

[swarthyguy]

Just nitpicking here but IMO, historians will perhaps look on the assasination of Ahmad Shah Massoud, Head of the Northern Alliance, on September 9, 2001 as the kickoff date.