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Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army's Way of War
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Originally posted by CactusDr Yusuf is projecting the Pakistani perspective onto India. For India, since 1963, it has never been a triangle - it has always been a triangular pyramid. The Pakistani perspective is two-dimensional: India, Pakistan and Superpower X (USSR in 1965 and 1971, USA in 1990 and 1999). The Indian perspective is be three-dimensional: On surface it is exactly like the Pakistani perspective, but there is always the ghost of China lurking in the background - dictating allocation of resources, operational timeline, etc.
Point is after '98 the pattern has been consistent and chances are it will hold into the future. There, now we have a framework to think about it.
If one party isn't going to de-escalate without the presence of a third party then what can India do ?
If the paks retaliate after the initial indian strike, it pushes up the reputational stakes for India meaning India won't settle unless its 2-1, 3-2, 5-4..
That is when India would like the US to intervene. Basically India needs the US to hold the paks back and force a settlement.
Originally posted by CactusOn the question of a counter-terrorism, you are going into the paralysis-though-over-analysis mode.Last edited by Double Edge; 01 Nov 14,, 17:32.
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