No Pig Pompeos to oink about and cockblock everything this time like the last few crises.
Meaning, hopefully, the potential for more fireworks this time around. As foreseen by me a few years ago for the next inevitable flareup between these 2 (the US trending more pro-India and anti-Pak because of China, thereby being less able to play the crucial mediator/defusing role it has in past instances), but I wasn't quite expecting Trump to be so shamelessly pro-BJP.
I'm sort of getting why China doesn't really waste much time and energy on India. At the rate things go, maybe India and Pakistan will end up nuking each other before China even thinks seriously about implementing the plan to take Taiwan by force.
So instead maybe China should think more on keeping itself safe from the rest of the world first since everywhere else seems to be turning into a mess. Build force fields or ways to nullify nukes.
- Pakistan declares suspension of IWT to be "Act of War", vows to secure Indus Basin Rivers at all costs.
- Indian mil attachés PNG. Must leave by April 30
- All trade and transit suspended.
- Airspace use by Indian Airlines suspended.
- All bilateral agreements suspended with India
- Any attempt by India to divert Indus water will be an act of war
Pakistan's National Security Committee
Honestly the Indian subcontinent is a fr1cking mess - One of the major legacies of the British Empire, of course.
In the meantime, how's Pakistan's relationship with Russia? China is seen to be pro-Pakistan in the eyes of New Delhi, and US is seen to be backing India.
Seems like Russia could be one of the (if not the only one) major world power that can become the probable middle ground for both New Delhi and Islamabad to negotiate and settle for a ceasefire - Whether that be political or military.
In the meantime, until the crisis resolves, Beijing better have the PLA Western Theater Command be put on CRL 3* (especially the entire border regions), and be prepared to upgrade to CRL 2*, depending on the military developments in India and Pakistan. The PLA Navy South Sea Fleet should also be put on standby status.
*CRL = PLA's Combat Readiness Levels (somewhat akin to the US Military's DEFCON)
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