Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Pakistan's Prime Minister Khan Warns That The Conflict May Spiral Out Of Control

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan delivers policy statement on Pulwama attack, in Islamabad, Tuesday, Feb 19, 2019. (PID/PTI Photo)

ABC News Online: Imran Khan to consult nuclear chiefs after India's first air strike on Pakistan in decades

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan will stage an emergency parliamentary session and meet with the body in control of Islamabad's nuclear arsenal in response to India's first air strikes on Pakistan since 1971.

The two nuclear-armed neighbours have fought three wars since partition in 1947, and the majority of them have been over Kashmir — a territory both India and Pakistan claim in full.

The air strike near Balakot, a town 50 kilometres into Pakistan from the Indian border, was the deepest raid launched by India since the last of its three wars with Pakistan, but there were competing claims about any damage caused.

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Update #1: Nuclear Pakistan and India can’t afford miscalculation, should resolve crisis, says PM Khan (RT)
Update #2: Pakistan alludes to its NUCLEAR weapons as it warns India its top military chiefs – who authorise use of nukes – are meeting to discuss response to bombing raid (Daily Mail)

WNU Editor: A definite warning from the Pakistani PM .... "Won't Be In My Control Or Narendra Modi's If This Escalates": Imran Khan (NDTV).

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

India losing two jets is an embarrassment to them. American defense companies will be landing at New Delhi airport by the thousands once this is over.
Question is will the outcome shake up Indian defense contracting to stop the corruption impeding modernization?

Anonymous said...

anon at 10:10
time to think of therapy or some meds...tiresome attack on CNN that now embedded like a chip in you ever since Trump told you to badmouth CNN
stay with Fox and NY Post

incidentally: turn on major channels now. Cohen badmouthing, with evidence your president

Anonymous said...

Smollett

Blackdog said...

It does get old having to shift through all these trolls just to find comments about the article.

smollett jr said...

Perhaps not that much of importance or interest, but as we comment, read articles here, and see girly boy repeat his stupid smollett shit, MICHAEL COHEN IS TESTIFYING ABOUT HIS FORMER BOSS IN WHAT MAY BE A MOMENTOUS MOMENT IN AMERICAN MODERN HISTORY.
ps: and now some comments telling us that Cohen is this and that, as though Trump is the exemplar of truthiness

Publius said...

The Pakistani Prime Minister is correct that escalation of this dispute can easily escape control. My guess is that neither India nor Pakistan are yet near that danger.

The Pakistani Prime Minister is calling for the conflict to stop. He can afford to offer a statesmanlike position because, for the moment, Pakistan has "won" the conflict. Pakistan has shot down at least one Indian jet and holds its pilot captive. This is enough to "avenge" India's airstrike yesterday. So, at this moment Pakistan is "ahead" tactically. Khan would like to stop the confrontation now, while Pakistan is ahead.

By the same logic, at this moment India has "lost" the confrontation. The airstrike may or may not have killed Islamic militants, but the loss of at least one jet and the capture of its pilot means that India has "lost" more in this confrontation, so far. Some in India will view this "loss" as a humiliation, especially in light of the militant attack from Pakistan that started it. Interestingly, Prime Minister Modi campaigned advocating a harder line against Pakistan.

So far, the fighting has been limited to airstrikes and some shelling, etc. along the Line of Control. In my view, neither side is close to using nuclear weapons. I suspect that great pressure will be brought on Prime Minister Modi to respond with an escalation. He will likely accede to that pressure and attack Pakistan again. But we are a long way from either side using nuclear weapons.

Bob Huntley said...

Having two major powers, both of which have nukes, soon to be at each other's throats highlights the fact that there is no power on Earth, no authority that is able to neutralize the risk to mankind should they decide to nuke and destroy each other.

If these two powers want to wipe each other off the face of the Earth nobody will be able to stop them. The fallout from such a war would impact their immediate neighbors directly and rest of us for a very long time. The fallout spread from a single failed power plant in Japan shows that.

It is a pity the world powers have been unable to come together to prevent such a calamity, but, maybe if these two destroy each other petty differences will be set aside. Forget world powers, ultimately it could two opposing terrorist groups that start the race to wipe out mankind.

What a wondrous capability the creators of this nuclear age bestowed upon mankind, a species known for its cruelty and disregard for all life, human and otherwise.

Anonymous said...

Cute. Cohen goes to jail for fraud and lying to congress. He will join McCafé, Comey and soon hillary :)

Oh and get this: Cohen claims that Trump is a racist and has said racist things etc. ..but then when he was asked if he had any recording of it -- terylene he recorded Trump more than 100 (!!!!) Times -- he had to just say right now that he doesn't have any proof. He was even bared from being a lawyer. Worse than Avenatti haha and you believe what that guy says. You're so desparate I'm having so much fun winning

Anonymous said...

Smollett

James said...

Yeah. I just wonder how committed to a "peaceful out" either one of these guys are or will it be a "Road to Damascus" moment for one or the other?

AZuLike said...

Not a fun thought that's for sure. With Pakistan being Nato ally, and a crappy one at that. Somehow I feel like America would get dragged in. If it did get to that point. Hope not 😑

Anonymous said...

note: Cohen disbarred after conviction and sentencing...if a convicted person a liar can not tell the truth later on, what is the point of the witness protection program? Cohen is sentenced. If he lies again, his sentence gets much worse. How many lies A DAY does Trump tell and you talk about lying?

Anonymous said...

Smollett

Anonymous said...

Sorry I meant the "Anon" @ 11:252m

Anonymous said...

Well Lapides is very comfortable with liars it's his natural environment.

jimbrown said...

What % of GDP does Paki earn from hosting terrorists?