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The Himalayas are a pretty convenient deterrent already.
by idlewords 8y ago
The Himalayas are a pretty convenient deterrent already.
- vlehto 8y agoChina could attack India via Myanmar. They already have military bases and naval bases there. Pakistan does not have even puppet state as hindrance.
- idlewords 8y agoThat invasion route also involves crossing half the mountains in Asia. India and China are where they are for a reason!
- vlehto 8y agoAnother way of looking at the matter is that the invasion route also involves fighting off Indian Defense forces. Independent countries have military for a reason.
- idlewords 8y agoMountains, army, food hard to eat with chopsticks—there are so many good reasons for China to continue its five-thousand-year-long streak of not attempting an invasion of the Indian subcontinent.
- vlehto 8y ago56 year streak to be accurate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Indian_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Indian_War
- jen729w 8y agoMy standard recommendation when the conversation reaches this point is Tim Marshall’s book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Prisoners-of-Geography/Tim-Marshall/9781501121470 https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Prisoners-of-Geograph...