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It's Getting Hot
Author: BobR
Date: 05/07/2025 13:06:33
In a much-needed break from covering the heinous administration currently decimating our government, let's take a quick look at the other side of the planet. There have been numerous occasions in the recent past which (at the time) were described as a potential start to WWIII. It's time to check that again.
In a barely-covered story back on April 22nd, there was an attack on the town of Pahalgam in India. Last night, India retalliated:
(bold-face mine)
Considering the long-simmering tensions between India and Pakistan, there is nothing in a military action that can be considered "non-escalatory". It doesn't help that both countries have nukes, and that this tension has been going on since 1947 when Britain left the region.
It seems that when a colonial occupier leaves a region, the local power struggle results in permanent Balkanization of the former colony (think Viet Nam, Korea, the Baltics). Self-rule is important, but building a new government is hard. We managed here in the U.S., but even we had a civil war.
Here's hoping cooler heads prevail, and we don't end up with a nuclear winter before summer gets here.
In a barely-covered story back on April 22nd, there was an attack on the town of Pahalgam in India. Last night, India retalliated:
Two weeks after a deadly militant attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, India has launched a series of strikes on sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
The Indian defence ministry said the strikes - named "Operation Sindoor" - were part of a "commitment" to hold those responsible for the 22 April attack which left 25 Indians and one Nepali national dead "accountable".
But Pakistan, which has denied any involvement in last month's attack, has described the strikes as "unprovoked", with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif saying the "heinous act of aggression will not go unpunished".
[...]
Delhi said in the early hours of Wednesday morning that nine different locations had been targeted in both Pakistan-administered Kashmir and Pakistan.
It said these sites were "terrorist infrastructure" - places where attacks were "planned and directed".
It emphasized that it had not hit any Pakistani military facilities, saying its "actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature".
Considering the long-simmering tensions between India and Pakistan, there is nothing in a military action that can be considered "non-escalatory". It doesn't help that both countries have nukes, and that this tension has been going on since 1947 when Britain left the region.
It seems that when a colonial occupier leaves a region, the local power struggle results in permanent Balkanization of the former colony (think Viet Nam, Korea, the Baltics). Self-rule is important, but building a new government is hard. We managed here in the U.S., but even we had a civil war.
Here's hoping cooler heads prevail, and we don't end up with a nuclear winter before summer gets here.
