Charlie Stross6d ago

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 threadTess Arnold5d ago
@cstross Trump definitely won't give a fuck about a couple of nations full of brown people looking to kill each other.
Show threadCharlie Stross5d ago
@TessRants It's possible that Usha Vance (née Chilukuri) might GAF about India/Pakistan; most likely pro-India, though.
Show threadTess Arnold5d ago
@cstross True, but I have yet to see any influence she's had on him...
Unless she's the one who suggested growing a beard might make him look like less of a giant toddler?
(btw, I think she's the more intelligent of the pair; based solely on the fact that she seems to know when to keep her mouth shut in public).
Show threadCharlie Stross5d ago
@TessRants I have no idea. I really DON'T want to pay that waste of oxygen even a microsecond more of my attention span than he deserves, which is approximately zero.
Show threadTess Arnold
@cstross I'm with you on that. I paid enough attention to figure out he's an empty suit, and that's about a lifetime's dose, in my estimation.
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