When is the admin going to run out of excuses?

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Yeah, I still don’t understand the Pakistan thing. Pakistan:

    • harbored Osama bin Laden
    • has pretty uninteresting economic output
    • has serious beef with their much larger neighbor India, and are somewhat friendly with Iran and China

    Whereas India:

    • has a ton of people
    • already has pretty extensive economic ties to the US, which could be strengthened, and is a ripe alternative to China for production
    • has tensions w/ China, so we have mutual enemies
    • is highly unlikely to harbor any of our enemies

    Yet we keep them at arm’s length.

    I could say the same for Israel and Saudi Arabia. Why are we so intent on picking the worst possible countries in a given region? The only explanation is that we want war…

    • Saleh@feddit.org
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      3 months ago

      India is a contender for becoming a major power in a multipolar world, where the US is not the hegemon anymore.

      So it makes perfect sense to help Pakistan and stir the conflict so, India is slowed in its advances to become a major power.