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Trevor Noah: a war between India and Pakistan most entertaining war
2019-03-02
[Twitter] Trevor Noah faces criticism for making light of India-Pakistan tensions

The Daily Show host is being called out after he said a war between India and Pakistan would "probably be the most entertaining war of all time" amid military tensions between the two countries

Posted by:3dc

#9  https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/70-years-later-survivors-recall-the-horrors-of-india-pakistan-partition/2017/08/14/3b8c58e4-7de9-11e7-9026-4a0a64977c92_story.html?utm_term=.0cc81245b070

The depth of their hatred has roots, At least in part to the horrible slaughter after the British announced partition at the end of the Raj. These people hate each other on many levels.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2019-03-02 19:07  

#8  Just guessing, but I don't think they'll go nuclear this go-round. But unless the Chechens get ahold of a nuke, I suspect this region will be where the next nuke gets used in anger.
Posted by: james   2019-03-02 13:54  

#7  We'll see how entertaining he finds it when the fallout either drifts eastward toward China or westward toward Europe. Not to mention video footage of human suffering that makes Hiroshima look like a Super 8 recording of a children's birthday party.
Posted by: Secret Master   2019-03-02 12:39  

#6  Life must be colorful when your job is to sit behind a desk and shove candy up your ass.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2019-03-02 10:59  

#5  He's simply longing for more traditional tribal outcomes. He cannot be blamed, after tens of thousands of years the genes rule.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-03-02 07:56  

#4  African Americans -> South African Americans
Posted by: Glerert Spomorong2593   2019-03-02 04:56  

#3  You are just discovering that a majority of prominent "African Americans" are sociopaths?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-03-02 03:03  

#2  It's not hate speech when we do it!
Posted by: Herb McCoy    2019-03-02 02:12  

#1  Say what you will about the entertainment factor, but at least they will have actual sides, not like that free-for-all Calvinball business in Syria.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-03-02 00:44  

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