It would be nice if y'all pointed your guns elsewhere right now
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I haven't kept up with anything this year, why the fuck are they at war now?
A suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Pakistan killed 30. In retaliation Pakistan bombed alleged militant targets in Afghanistan. In retaliation, Afghanistan took a few military positions on the border, killing a handful of Pakistani troops and taking prisoners. In retaliation, Pakistan bombed Kabul.
Pic unrelated
Taliban is also playing both sides, aligning with Modi and India while also saying that they'll support Iran. Also attacking Pakistan (Indian influence cannot be ruled out there) after decades of Pakistan allowing the Taliban to seek refuge in Pakistan. Complete rogue actor with no allegiance or loyalty to anyone.
India also aligns with both Iran and Israel. Iran is critical for our Russian supply chain.
Once the US has given up on occupation, I guess you feel invincible
Imagine being a Pakistani military strategist right now. Support the Taliban and affiliated groups for decades, even Bin Laden ends up hiding in Pakistan. This upsets the US. All for strategic depth. And then for some reason (again, Indian influence can't be ruled out, but I don't think its the complete story), the Taliban attack your country and start doing suicide bombings. Complete betrayal. Wasted decades supporting the Taliban, all for nothing.
More like when you got nukes, you get to have independent foreign policy
I'm referring to Afghanistan, who don't have nukes as far as I know.
Another Frankenstein by US empire
The border between Afghanistan and Pakistan the "Durand Line" was created for a buffer-zone between the Russian empire expanding from the North and British India. This border is unnatural and splits through communities with shared language and history. Unsurprisingly this leads to a lot of illegal border-crossings, smuggling and informal economic activity that neither state can fully control.
My own personal theory is it may have to do with America going to war with Iran, because the Taliban said they'd join that war on the side of Iran.
The Afghans could very well pull a major upset and penetrate deep into Pakistan, evicting the Pakistani army from large swathes of the western regions. The Taliban has had five years to build on the vast surpluses of equipment the US left behind, they have tens of thousands of soldiers with decades of combat experience, they know the mountains and the towns, the locals are sympathetic, and Pakistan has to keep large concentrations and assets on the Indian border in case Modi takes advantage
What a stupid risk for Islamabad to take, this could be June 2014 all over again
My money is definitely on the taliban here. They are significantly more experienced and it has not been long enough for those experiences to age out completely.
The taliban also have a major presence in Pakistan itself so...this could get interesting. Taliban, the next nuclear power?
I keep being reminded of This paper from 2018 that says the first world will survive the worst of climate change if the third world has a limited nuclear exchange specifically naming Pakistan and India. I think this is as close as the western governments get to having a plan to confront climate change and will not be surprised if it's revealed in some years down the line that the more cynically evil characters like Bannon and Miller have been trying to make it happen
Beyond the obvious objections, it seems like the effect on global temperatures would be gone within 20 years, so it'd be something like temporary sulfate aerosol injection with the same expected termination shock. You'd truly have to care about absolutely nothing beyond your own immediate existence, a singularity of solipsism, to think this is a good idea.
The Futurama bit with the giant block of ice, but it's a slightly larger nuclear exchange in the developing world each time.
Pretty sure in Futurama they also had global warming canceled out by nuclear winter...
Edit: yeah...
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
You'd truly have to care about absolutely nothing beyond your own immediate existence, a singularity of solipsism, to think this is a good idea.
You'd truly have to care about absolutely nothing beyond your own immediate existence, a singularity of solipsism, to think this is a good idea.
Unfortunately, Conservatives/fascists/Western chauvinists are exactly like this. In fact they'd salivate at the idea of a nuclear exchange between people they consider subhuman
... how long before somebody finds something about this in the "Epstein files"?
thanks i hate it 
Pakistan will just bomb them to bits with complete air superiority. The chances of a Taliban offensive succeeding beyond a few border posts are slim.
That's what NATO said
Exactly, I'm surprised that got so many upbears, I thought people here had a better memory than the average normie
Big difference between offense and defence. Against the US, the Taliban were on the defence as an insurgency, the US on the offensive. Now it's the opposite, the Taliban is on the offensive, trying to seize territory, and can't be insurgents trying to ambush attackers.
The Taliban in Afghanistan also lost every single major battle/engagement vs the USA. They didn't win a single large battle. They outlasted the US as an insurgency for 20 years despite that, while the USA pursued an always doomed to fail "nation building" plan. That's how the Taliban won the war on a strategic level. This is very different from invading Pakistan, holding territory, etc. Unless the Taliban plan to bait Pakistan into invading and occupying Afghanistan, they can't use that strategy.
Holy lib slop.
Big difference between offense and defence. Against the US, the Taliban were on the defence as an insurgency, the US on the offensive. Now it's the opposite, the Taliban is on the offensive, trying to seize territory, and can't be insurgents trying to ambush attackers.
First of all Pakistan declared war, and are the ones bombing Afghanistan. How does your mind translate that into the Taliban being the aggressors?
Second, the Taliban have major strongholds in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, they aren't "invading" anything. The borderlands between Afghanistan and Pakistan have essentially been Taliban territory since before they were even the Taliban. These areas are also incredibly ethnically diverse. The nature of their struggle hasn't changed beyond Pakistan officially declaring itself an adversary. At the US' behest, no doubt.
The Taliban in Afghanistan also lost every single major battle/engagement vs the USA. They didn't win a single large battle. They outlasted the US as an insurgency for 20 years despite that, while the USA pursued an always doomed to fail "nation building" plan. That's how the Taliban won the war on a strategic level. This is very different from invading Pakistan, holding territory, etc. Unless the Taliban plan to bait Pakistan into invading and occupying Afghanistan, they can't use that strategy.
That's literally the purpose of an insurgency. Avoid large, pitched battles and wage asymmetrical warfare and engage in a campaign of attrition. Which they executed flawlessly and kept the US and NATO from achieving ANY strategic objectives of their own. That's literally the very definition of a successful insurgency. Like, what are you even saying here lol
Marmite: The chances of a Taliban offensive succeeding beyond a few border posts are slim
CitizensTyrant: First of all Pakistan declared war, and are the ones bombing Afghanistan. How does your mind translate that into the Taliban being the aggressors?
CitizensTyrant: Mm you must be some kind of fed bot lol
Don't fed jacket users because you misread their comment
Lmao wow, way to ignore the rest of the comment and copy + paste specific tidbits to form your own narrative. Talk about misreading
Is this the point where you accuse me of being a federal agent too?
Depends on if you're going to go ahead and justify western imperialism because a former western proxy bit the hand that fed it.
That is not the WWIII front I expected to go hot next
what goes around comes back around
why would amerikan puppet do this
Imran Khan would never
Lots of (fractal?) similarities between this and Pakistan's last armed conflict just months ago.