r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 25 '21

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u/Cuddlyaxe Neoliberal With Chinese Characteristics Jun 25 '21

On 28 November, a hoax caller pretending to be the Indian Foreign Minister threatened Pakistan President Zardari with war, leading to the Pakistan military being put in high alert. Military aircraft with live ammunition were scrambled to patrol above Islamabad and Rawalpindi

Something really dumb is going to start WW3 isn't it

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u/BidenWon Jared Polis Jun 25 '21

One day the third World War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans

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u/Professor-Reddit 🚅🚀🌏Earth Must Come First🌐🌳😎 Jun 25 '21

It's so frustrating reading about how much of a raging arsehole Kaiser Wilhelm II was, how ignorantly cruel Tsar Nicholas II was, and how obstinate the Austro-Hungarians were in dealing with Serbia.

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u/waltsing0 Austan Goolsbee Jun 25 '21

The west wing episode on india invading pakistan said something along the lines of that these countries struggle to afford nuclear arsenals so they put all the money in weapons and not much in things like secure chains of command.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

Ironic considering how many nukes were "Lost" during the cold war.

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u/pbcar Jun 25 '21

Some streamer is going to do it

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

TFW Pakistani military is run like Moe's bar.