Charlie StrossApr 26

OK, I now expect war to break out between India and Pakistan.

India just suspended the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan and the PPP's leader accuses Sharif of scapegoating Pakistan to distract from it's own internal security lapses.

In earlier years the USA would have taken an international lead to cool things off but Trump obviously won’t give a fuck about two nuclear powers going to the mattresses unless he can make bank on it.

https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/either-our-water-will-flow-or-their-blood-bilawal-bhutto-warns-india-amid-indus-waters-treaty-suspension/3822921/

‘Either our water will flow or their blood,’ Bilawal Bhutto warns India amid Indus Waters Treaty suspension

He also accused India of scapegoating Pakistan for the Pahalgam attack to deflect attention from its internal security lapses.

Financialexpress
Show threadBashStKidApr 26

@cstross I have no idea if this is the case, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Modi’s govt had not gained the idea from its general discussions with Trump that it could afford to try it on.

Possible tragedy ahead if Modi thinks he’s sent obvious signals to Washington, but everyone at State or Defense was too drunk or fired to notice.

Show threadlp0 on fire 
@BashStKid @cstross, the times were already more than interesting enough without these two raising the stakes. Can we persuade them to settle this via, at worst, cricket?
Apr 26 at 12:36pmWeb
Show threadcynical melomaniac Apr 26

@lp0_on_fire @BashStKid @cstross Both sides have had a very delicate relationship since their conception at the hand of British rule, and require mediation now more than ever.

Indians are (rightfully in my perspective) enraged, and our media doesn't help at all. And we have a weird acceptance across the aisle which never happens usually on anything. So unless a more powerful country intervenes, we probably might go into a dangerous game of retaliatory strikes.