Pakistan cuts off phone and internet services on election day

Post by rm_-rf_slash » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 7:37 PM UTC

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #45

H8crilA wrote: post #40

The craziest thing is that Pakistan has nuclear weapons. And not only that, the weapons are at the disposal of the local (very high ranking) commanders. It also is a country where the military is really in charge, only occasionally giving back the control to a civilian government. Sometimes people think that Eastern Europe is the most likely place to get nuked, or perhaps some American carrier off the coast of China.…

> in reality it's both Pakistan and India Pakistan’s top brass is anti-India. They’re also somewhat rational. If Pakistan’s nukes are launched, it’s because the zealots took control. At that point, I’m betting on Israel or even one of the Arab monarchies (if not Islamabad itself) [1]. [1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Sh...

Post by jldugger » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 7:42 PM UTC

082349872349872 wrote: post #52

boeingUH60 wrote: post #21

Pakistan is a sad tale. A country of 200 million+ with almost no future. The elites are busy milking what’s left of the country before it flames out. The idiotic IMF continues giving them loans to support the extremely corrupt system..the US government also supports the extremely corrupt military. This is what happens when corruption is built into the culture of your society and religious/tribal hullabaloo is more pr…

Just wait until the elites figure out they can also milk China for port access that doesn't require transiting the south china sea?

Post by nonrandomstring » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 7:55 PM UTC

avgcorrection wrote: post #60

nonrandomstring wrote: post #54

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Yes there's some of loss of the sense of absolute democratic purity. But then Aristotle saw that tradeoff against real polity quite some time back. I think your point (that people ought to be smart and strong enough to withstand all and any malign influence(?)) made a lot more sense 20 years ago. In the Internet and AI influence age I think things have significantly changed. It's the integrity of the democratic proce…

“Disinformation” is always a smokescreen. All nominal (keyword) democratic processes are filled with disinformation: standard advertisement. Those who want peace, lay down your own arms as well (no takers). Like almost 2 years of election circus in the US federal election. > I think your point (that people ought to be smart and strong enough to withstand all and any malign influence(?)) That’s absurd. I don’t concept…

Post by The_Colonel » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 7:59 PM UTC

bluefirebrand wrote: post #37

hiAndrewQuinn wrote: post #22

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Wait, do Polish people not consider themselves part of the West? Genuine question. I've met and worked with quite a few Poles since moving to the EU and my current takeaway is that it's in a really interesting fusion time between West, East, and some more mysterious third thing.

"The West" is a very murky sort of definition. Arguably the colloquial "Cultural West" is what is on the Western side of what used to be called the Iron Curtain. Poland was definitely on the Eastern side of that.

Post by vundercind » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 8:16 PM UTC

PrimeMcFly wrote: post #7

This is pretty indefensible and indicates the results of this 'election' are likely fixed.