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2008-12-25 India-Pakistan

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Posted by john frum 2008-12-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 ...there is a high probability of India using military force against Pakistan after Dec. 26...

There is also a high probability of Pakistan getting most of its fighters blown out of the air on the 28th.

Posted by DarthVader 2008-12-25 00:11|| 2008-12-25 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 as many as 5,000 targets in Pakistan have thus far been identified, while saying that many of the militants hiding out in camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir have already fled

Learn from Israel's mistakes: don't target terrorist camps---target Paki infrastracture.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-12-25 00:47|| 2008-12-25 00:47|| Front Page Top

#3 INdian PM has said.. no war.. however, if there is a war.. it might turn out to be a defining movement in the worlds history. As I have mentioned in some other blogs.. Mumbai Nov 26, 2008 of our times might well be similar to the assasination of the Archduke Ferdinand which started WW1

Posted by Bigchamp">Bigchamp 2008-12-25 05:17|| 2008-12-25 05:17|| Front Page Top

#4 There's no doubt that in Pakistan and India we've got our Austria and Serbia, I doubt the Chinese are as dumb as the Germans. Things didn't turn out too well for the Russians either.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-12-25 05:26|| 2008-12-25 05:26|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm with NS. Backing Pakistan (a failed state) is a big loser. There's nothing for the Chinese to gain from it. Except for a chunk of Indian territory and I don't suspect that's worth a war to them.

Posted by Mike N. 2008-12-25 12:41|| 2008-12-25 12:41|| Front Page Top

#6 Given that both parties are nuclear armed, this could get very ugly, very fast. There is a motivation for India to go nuclear and hit hard early to take out the Pakistan's capability to respond. Peace is dependent on rational behavior from the Pak government. And how likely is that?

Posted by DMFD 2008-12-25 14:10|| 2008-12-25 14:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Who cares if they have a nuclear exchange. The prevailing winds in winter are from the northeast. If they went full easterly, the Iranians would get it.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-12-25 14:50|| 2008-12-25 14:50|| Front Page Top

#8 Go India! Take Pak down and repair the mistake of 1947!

Posted by Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-12-25 18:15|| 2008-12-25 18:15|| Front Page Top

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