India launches attack on 9 sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Jammu and Kashmir

Post by [deleted] » Wed, May 07, 2025, 2:47 AM UTC

alganet wrote: post #31

MichaelMoser123 wrote: post #23

The bad news: there is some real potential for escalation due to the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/indias-water... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Waters_Treaty Wasn't there something in the intro of "Mad Max fury road" about water wars?

Fury Road could be seen as a reverse adaptation sequel of "Lolita" though. The end of Lolita (old guy on a road, frustrated, goes off path) fits with the Furiosa taking a detour. The roles are reversed. The young girl leaves in triumph (opposed to: the old guy leaves in frustration) and the old guy goes after her (opposed to: the young girl doesn't care about him leaving). It could be just the skeleton of the story t…

Post by dang » Wed, May 07, 2025, 2:49 AM UTC

devsda wrote: post #40

ferguess_k wrote: post #17

I hope this cools down into a propagation war after the initial bombing and shooting. Nationalism served, and every one gets what they want, well, except the dead ones...

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Post by devsda » Wed, May 07, 2025, 2:49 AM UTC

mardifoufs wrote: post #58

devsda wrote: post #40

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Are you implying that Indian nationalism has nothing to do with 1) its conflicts with Pakistan 2) the entire Kashmiri situation ? Especially with India's current government? Not that Pakistan is any less nationalist, just that claiming that one side is just fighting terror here is a bit crazy. It's ironic since it's a very colonial/British type of rationalization "My side is peaceful and is just fighting terror while…

Post by dang » Wed, May 07, 2025, 2:51 AM UTC

devsda wrote: post #77

dang wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please don't take HN threads further into flamewar like this. We want curious conversation here, and that requires a certain level of relaxation. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I'm going to sit this one out going forward.

Post by ivape » Wed, May 07, 2025, 2:53 AM UTC

pokstad wrote: post #71

nblgbg wrote: post #61

I believe it's mostly overstated. Pakistan is not economically strong enough to participate in a war, and India is not interested either. However, the Modi government wants to project strength. They were unable to locate the terrorists even after two or three weeks and needed a distraction. So, they targeted some areas in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). In response, Pakistan claimed to have shot down four Indian air…

Thanks for stating these forecasts so authoritatively. Or maybe we should admit this is uncharted waters and we shouldn't downplay what is possible?