06-17-2020, 01:47 PM
CNN asks, Why are China and India fighting over an inhospitable strip of the Himalayas?
In this telling of the events, the troops indeed seem to have a feeling of xenophobia, of not liking their rivals, but apparently two nuclear powered countries found their troops at odds using fists and knives. The governments seem to be trying to defuse it. Frankly, the land is sorta worthless. Reinforcements are slowed by the need for troops to adjust to the extreme altitude. Staying there in winter is rough enough without having to fight a war too. There is just no racket. Nobody is turning a profit using violence. The land serves no useful purpose to keep. There is no reason to spend resources in that godforsaken place. The status quo works in both sides interests, but the troops have a fistfight every several decades.
Apparently, the greatest potential conflict is officers yelling at their men.
In this telling of the events, the troops indeed seem to have a feeling of xenophobia, of not liking their rivals, but apparently two nuclear powered countries found their troops at odds using fists and knives. The governments seem to be trying to defuse it. Frankly, the land is sorta worthless. Reinforcements are slowed by the need for troops to adjust to the extreme altitude. Staying there in winter is rough enough without having to fight a war too. There is just no racket. Nobody is turning a profit using violence. The land serves no useful purpose to keep. There is no reason to spend resources in that godforsaken place. The status quo works in both sides interests, but the troops have a fistfight every several decades.
Apparently, the greatest potential conflict is officers yelling at their men.
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.
