US Backs India’s Military Strikes on Pakistan

US Backs India’s Military Strikes on Pakistan

The Obama administration has signaled its support for India’s “surgical” cross-border military strikes carried out Wednesday night in Pakistan-held Kashmir. India’s attack was patently illegal and highly provocative. US strategic think tanks frequently refer to disputed Kashmir as the most dangerous “nuclear flashpoint” in the world. Yet American officials have studiously avoided making any criticism…

Pakistan Fuming, Says 2 Soldiers Killed in What India Calls ‘Surgical Strikes’ on Militants

Pakistan Fuming, Says 2 Soldiers Killed in What India Calls ‘Surgical Strikes’ on Militants

India claims it carried out surgical strikes against Pakistani-based militants across the de facto border in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir – a claim which Islamabad denies, accusing India of firing across the border and killing two soldiers. Referring to the alleged strikes, India’s Director General of Military Operations Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh said…

South Asia: Greater Eurasia Scenarios
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South Asia: Greater Eurasia Scenarios

Big Bangladesh A “Greater Bangladesh” could be created if nationalist forces within or immediately outside of the country seek to unite the neighboring ethnic diaspora, which in this case would include those in Myanmar’s Rakhine State (commonly called “Rohingya” by the Western mainstream media just as they invented the fake term “Kosovar” to justify the…

Here’s What The Uri Attack in Kashmir has to Do with Russia and China

Here’s What The Uri Attack in Kashmir has to Do with Russia and China

Indian-Pakistani relations have hit a new low point after the Uri Attack in Kashmir. Four militants attacked an Indian military base in Kashmir over the weekend and killed 17 soldiers in what is being decried by New Delhi as one of the worst “terrorist attacks” there in a quarter century. It’s totally predictable that India…