India’s Monday revocation of generations of Kashmiri legal autonomy was a
huge issue, and no where was it felt more immediately than in
neighboring Pakistan. With Pakistan strongly identifying with the
Kashmiri separatist movement, it was only natural that the crackdown led
to immediate protests across Pakistan, and calls for action.
This is a risky situation, however, not only aligning India and
Pakistan, two regional rivals, against one another, and Pakistani PM
Imran Khan warned on Tuesday that a war could break out between the two nuclear-armed powers over the fate of Kashmiris.
Khan said that his biggest concern is that India’s move could trigger
attacks by Kashmiris against Indian soldiers stationed in Kashmir, and
that India was liable to blame Pakistan for any such attack.
That’s not entirely unlikely. Almost every Pakistani militant group has
ties to Kashmiri independence groups, and India constantly blames the
Pakistani government for fighting in Kashmir. Having moved against
Kashmir, India is all but guaranteeing such a confrontation.
Pakistan’s Army also issued a Tweet saying they stand by the Kashmiris
“to the very end,” and are prepared to go to any extent to fulfill their
obligations to them.
India, given US blessing, intends to provoke war with Pakistan.
Imran Khan is weak and useless, just like all previous Pak prime ministers. Pak is one of the most corrupt and backward countries on earth because it’s politics over everything else there.
Kashmir is illegally occupied territory. India’s subjugation of those people is no different and no better than what Israel does to the Palestinians or Sri Lanka does to the Tamil. Solidarity should be maintained between all oppressed people. Victims of imperialism in the Third World must unite and opponents of imperialism in the First World must join them against our own governments. United, our voices are too loud to ignore.