Tensions between India and Pakistan have escalated further after a top Pakistani official claimed early Wednesday to have “credible intelligence” that New Delhi will carry out a military action against Islamabad within the next two days.
Tensions between India and Pakistan have escalated further after a top Pakistani official claimed early Wednesday to have “credible intelligence” that New Delhi will carry out a military action against Islamabad within the next two days.
I only learned about hostilities between the two countries after about 28-30 years on the planet (thanks, US edumacation system) and I still don’t think I understand why they don’t get along…
To any who are stuck in their countries as their governments choose the stupidest possible actions, you have my sympathies, and I wish you well in the coming days.
Border disputes (mainly Kashmir) worsened by the friction between a Muslim-majority Pakistan and a Hindu-majority India when both are led by increasingly nationalist governments, basically.
Ah yes, “my god(s) that I made up is better than your god(s) that you made up”
Hate to break it to you buddy, but the more you study religion, the more you’ll realize that they’re fighting to bring their gods to life and shape the world as they see fit.
That’s how they could convince people to go to war over their religion. There would be no need for war if one side believed in the ‘right’ god, because all the other sides would be punished by that god. But the religious interpretation of ‘god’ means that the outcome of the war will determine which god is ‘right.’
Gods being as real as we make them is a feature, not a bug.
Maybe the answer could be pulling an Andorra. Make Kashmir a different country that is supervised by both current countries.
Pakistan was created by Indian separatists (I’m oversimplifying, but that’s the crux). They’re divided by religious groups (e.g. Pakistan is majority Muslim, while India is mostly Hindu (~80%).
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My impression of the conflict: The partition of British India into independent India and independent Pakistan was very violent and traumatizing for lots of people, and also left some unsolved border disputes. The independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan was likewise very violent and saw India helping the Bangladeshi people gain independence. Both events are long enough in the past that people could have gotten over the hate by now, except that it gets refreshed with new violence every few years. In the last few decades there’s been several terror attacks in India that were sponsored by the Pakistani state. But now India too has a religious fundamentalist government, so maybe they’ll be trying to return the favor. Authoritarians love creating external enemies, it helps them stay in control of their own population.