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One thing that may have changed the calculus for India being more aggressive in it's bombing is that US backing of Pakistan in a conflict with India is no longe
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 8y ago
One thing that may have changed the calculus for India being more aggressive in it's bombing is that US backing of Pakistan in a conflict with India is no longer a given. Given the covert if not overt Pakistani support for Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, as well as that Bin Laden was found hiding in Pakistan, I doubt there is any substantial support in the US population for Pakistan over against India. Many Americans have a much higher affinity toward India (world's largest democracy, a modernizing economy, home to many tech companies) and than toward Pakistan. In addition, it seems that Modi and Trump have a much better relationship, and probably have a similar view of the world, than Trump and Pakistan's president.
- SlipperySlope 8y agoYeah, the US military is probably pulling for those Indian Mig-21s to shoot down lots of Pak F-16s. Shows how wrong we got that one decades ago. And where did N.Korea get its nukes? Worst that could happen is that Pak loses track of one of those nukes they keep moving around and jihadis get it.