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2005-10-30 Afghanistan-Pak-India

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Posted by john 2005-10-30 16:22|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Unusually harsh editorial for the Times of India

Posted by john 2005-10-30 17:04|| 2005-10-30 17:04|| Front Page Top

#2 call for reality and response. See any Indian troops infiltrating the LOC to set up a Hindooo (FOAD Beanie) state?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-10-30 18:09|| 2005-10-30 18:09|| Front Page Top

#3 "Pakistan is a gnat." That is a telling quote from an Indian veteran about India's opinion of their neighbor.

That being said, Richard Armitage has warned both nations of the horrific repercussions if they ever use a nuclear weapon. This means that any and all conflicts have to be limited to punitive expeditions, not threatening the enemy government.

Since their conflict is almost exclusively over Kashmir, ideally, this will amount to an Indian incursion, done with the tacit approval of the Pakistan dictator, that rapidly crosses the border, slaughters terrorists, then leaves. It would have to be done almost in conjuction with the supression of the Pakistani radical political party. Your basic putsch and purge.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-10-30 19:46|| 2005-10-30 19:46|| Front Page Top

#4 This means that any and all conflicts have to be limited to punitive expeditions, not threatening the enemy government.

That's a non-sequitur. What happens if one threatens the other's government with conventional weapons? This editorial seems like a signal that the Indians are getting ready to find out.

The Thais should be getting pretty fed up with the ROP, too.

Posted by Ulolulet Pheating9804 2005-10-30 20:03|| 2005-10-30 20:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Paks' inventory of workable nukes would seem like little than incitement against the huge hindu populace should mobilization ever occur. Hopefully India's been infiltrating decapitation forces

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-10-30 20:28|| 2005-10-30 20:28|| Front Page Top

#6 The massive assumption here is that Pakistan has an effective nuclear force. While they have detonated a device of debatable magnitude, do they also have sufficient delivery systems reliably maintained and at a sufficient level of alert to react appropriately when commanded? If so, why is this the only competent part of the Pak military-industrial simplex? If I were the Indians, and I were p. o. ed, I'm not sure how deterred I would be by PakNukes, especially if I had reasonable plans to deal with them before a first strike could be pulled off.

Posted by Theating Elmomoper2674 2005-10-30 20:51|| 2005-10-30 20:51|| Front Page Top

#7 Speaking about denuclearising Pakistan

Posted by tipper 2005-10-30 22:17|| 2005-10-30 22:17|| Front Page Top

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