Ceasefire announced between India and Pakistan – but does it have any meaning?
Reports are that it was violated almost immediately, but who knows? This is from CNN, so take it with the usual grain of salt:
India and Pakistan agreed to an immediate ceasefire on Saturday, unexpectedly halting the worst fighting in decades between the nuclear-armed neighbors, just when their tit-for-tat strikes appeared to be spiraling out of control.
Although US President Donald Trump was the first to announce the ceasefire and claimed credit for it, India and Pakistan have offered contradictory accounts about the extent of US involvement in the agreement.
Just hours after the announcement there have been reports of violations from both sides.
Let’s make sure that Trump gets little credit if it ends up being a good thing. And let’s make sure he gets all the blame if it doesn’t hold.
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India’s Ministry of Information said the agreement was worked out “directly between the two countries,” downplaying US involvement and contradicting Trump’s claim. The ministry also said there was “no decision” to hold further talks.
But Pakistani officials have heaped praise on Washington.
“We thank President Trump for his leadership and proactive role for peace in the region,” said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
A Pakistani source familiar with the negotiations told CNN that the US – and Rubio in particular – was instrumental in striking the deal.
Time will … tell.
Suddenly (and for the first time since Babur), a new factor.
Maybe it’s nuclear weapons. Or maybe it’s Trump. Nobody knows!
Deals include incentives and disincentives. The latter might merely be the loss of the former.
But what’s in it for Pakistan to keep a thump on the terrorists? Too much effort there would start its own problems at home.
On the other hand, if the terrs do as they’re told, which is to stay home and quit killing people, that will demonstrate Pak’s control over them, going and coming.
well the question is who is really in charge in pakistan, and who do they answer to, the suspicion, is that pakistan has more affirmatively allied with China, as they have been done since they were the go between with the Nixon administration in the 70s, Lop Nor provided technology to the Kahuta reactor, which supplied their nuclear weapons program
then we have this,
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/hamas-commander-visited-jem-headquarters-in-pakistan-days-before-pahalgam-attack-new-video-reveals/ar-AA1E3Wcr?ocid=BingNewsSerp
they are appendages of the brotherhood, regardless of which sector they operate,
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/jems-pakistan-bases-fidayeen-hub-with-hamas-links-nato-arms-cache-101746711655431.html