The editors of the Washington Post remark on the tensions rising between Pakistan and India:
Pakistan has long sought to use terrorists to gain leverage over India, with which it disputes control of Kashmir, and the United States, which it would like to force to accept rule by the Taliban in Afghanistan. It is making headway on the latter goal with the Trump administration, which has been negotiating with the Taliban about withdrawing U.S. troops. That increases the complications for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who faces a national election in the coming months.
Mr. Modi has vowed “a befitting reply†to the attack, and other officials have used harsher rhetoric; one promised an “unforgettable lesson†for Pakistan. The government has already suspended trade preferences and withdrawn its ambassador. It appears to have at least the rhetorical support of the White House; national security adviser John Bolton told his counterpart that the United States supports India’s right to defend itself, according to an Indian statement.
Pakistan sells nuclear technology to countries unfriendly to the United States is a primary reason that the war in Afghanistan is impossible for us to win, and threatens its neighbors.
Explain to me again why we’re subsidizing them, something the editors of the Washington Post support?
We are losing the war in Afghanistan because are just another imperial aggressor, and the Taliban are indigenous freedom fighters. Pakistan does support the Taliban, but that only guarantees their ultimate victory.
A bigger problem is that terrorists based in Pakistan have just recentlycarried out muderous attacks in both India and Iran, and both of them are threatening retaliation. A three party war is possible, and it would likely go nuclear. Our troops would be in the middle of it.