Wonderful analysis. I’m giving World War III a 2/10 on IMDB.

Who is this guy anyway? Farsi/Urdu linguist? Was he running guns across the Iran/Pakistan border for Eric Prince or something?

Also, “The 9/11 War,” perfect no notes. Is America literally too racist to care about stopping two of its own proxies from nuking each other???

    • T34_69 [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      14 hours ago

      Also the little cousin of that phenomenon, which is the children of local politicians claiming to have special insight on “how the sausage is made”

  • HarryLime [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    “The US gave Pakistan billions to support Jihadi terrorist groups and they harbored a Jihadi terrorist it makes me so mad” 😡

  • Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Kurt this has nothing to do with the post but I just want to say that your butthole is my favourite profile picture on this website.

  • daniyeg [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Farsi/Urdu linguist

    Urdu has had a lot of influence from farsi to the point that its prestige language is farsi, the pakistani national anthem is basically in farsi. other than that a lot of the languages spoken in pakistan are iranian or indo-aryan languages which are mostly related to modern persian and middle persian so it makes sense to group them linguistically.

  • shawn1122@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Thanks for reminding me why I left reddit.

    There’s plenty of blame to attribute to both sides here (Pakistan and India). India for its settler colonial approach to Kashmir since BJP fascists took power and Pakistan for state sponsorship of terrorism.

    India responded with diplomacy and sanctions when the same terrorist group (Lashkar-e-Taiba, previously funded by Osama Bin Laden) that launched the most recent attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir committed the atrocities of 26/11 in Mumbai (killing 100 and injuring over 300).

    That was an exceptionally controlled response. Essentially any nation with the capability would respond to that with mililtary action. We all know how the US would respond if it happened on their soil.

    I can understand the use of force by India here. Doesn’t mean I agree with the revocation of article 370 and I am firmly opposed to Hindu nationalism.

    The only recent polling data we have shows that most Kashmiris want independence. May not be the most realistic outcome for a landlocked region surrounded by nuclear powers but I do believe all people deserve the right to self determination. Unfortunately, both India and Pakistan are standing in the way of that, as they see ceding the territory as a threat to their national security.