03-05-2019, 09:39 PM
** 27-Feb-2019 Nationalism and xenophobia rising rapidly in India and Pakistan
According to the BBC, Indian TV channels have abandoned attempts at
partiality, and are calling the Pakistanis "dastardly," and worse. At
the same time, there are growing anti-India protests in Pakistan, and
Pakistan has even banned showing any moviews containing Indian
content.
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There is a lot of international pressure on both sides to tamp down
the threats, with Britain, China, the US, and many other countries
calling on both sides to show restraint.
This could well result in some sort of negotiated settlement. But
recall that in the Marco Polo Bridge incident that I summarized above,
the negotiated peace broke down quickly, and there was full scale war
within a few weeks.
One more thing: There are three major separatist terror groups in
Kashmir: Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) is a relatively new indigenous
jihadist group, and is responsible for last week's massive terror
incident. Hizbul Mujahedeen (HM) is an indigenous, home-grown
jihadist group that became considerably more violent after the July 8
2016 death of HM leader Burhan Wani in a gunfight with the Indian
army. Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) is a Pakistan-based terrorist group that
was formed in the 1990s by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence
(ISI) agency to fight India in the disputed regions of Kashmir and
Jammu.
If any one of these separatist groups launches a new terror attack in
the current highly nationalistic time, that could be the trigger that
causes India to launch a military action or even declare war.
A war in Kashmir has been building since the Partition War ended
in 1949. Four generations later, the time is coming.
--- Pakistan Bans Indian Films as Asian Neighbors Talk of War
https://variety.com/2019/film/asia/pakis...203150699/
(Variety)
According to the BBC, Indian TV channels have abandoned attempts at
partiality, and are calling the Pakistanis "dastardly," and worse. At
the same time, there are growing anti-India protests in Pakistan, and
Pakistan has even banned showing any moviews containing Indian
content.
- People burn portraits of Indian Prime Minister Narendra
Modi during an anti-Indian protest in Lahore, Pakistan, 27
February 2019.
There is a lot of international pressure on both sides to tamp down
the threats, with Britain, China, the US, and many other countries
calling on both sides to show restraint.
This could well result in some sort of negotiated settlement. But
recall that in the Marco Polo Bridge incident that I summarized above,
the negotiated peace broke down quickly, and there was full scale war
within a few weeks.
One more thing: There are three major separatist terror groups in
Kashmir: Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) is a relatively new indigenous
jihadist group, and is responsible for last week's massive terror
incident. Hizbul Mujahedeen (HM) is an indigenous, home-grown
jihadist group that became considerably more violent after the July 8
2016 death of HM leader Burhan Wani in a gunfight with the Indian
army. Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) is a Pakistan-based terrorist group that
was formed in the 1990s by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence
(ISI) agency to fight India in the disputed regions of Kashmir and
Jammu.
If any one of these separatist groups launches a new terror attack in
the current highly nationalistic time, that could be the trigger that
causes India to launch a military action or even declare war.
A war in Kashmir has been building since the Partition War ended
in 1949. Four generations later, the time is coming.
--- Pakistan Bans Indian Films as Asian Neighbors Talk of War
https://variety.com/2019/film/asia/pakis...203150699/
(Variety)
