• oyo@lemmy.zip
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      12 hours ago

      I really dislike that so many people in this timeline don’t know or can’t see the difference between worse and worst.

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        The subtext behind Pakistan doing it, and doing it now, is to try and bait Trump away from getting involved with Pakistan’s ally: Iran.

        If Trump does anything to Iran, Pakistan is going to make a big fuss about doubling-back on their nomination.

        Does the nomination mean anything? No. Is he going to get the award? No. It’s entirely a diplomatic maneuver for a very specific goal of keeping the US out of Iran.

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          Its just buttering him up for the next terrorism attack on India that Pakistan is planning to conduct. Iran is a Shia majority country and no ally of Pakistan which is a sunni majority country. Minority sects like Hindus, Shia, Ahmadiyas and ethnic minorities like Hazaras are treated the absolute worst in Pakistan. I would be surprised if they ever ally with Iran.

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            Iran and Pakistan are absolutely allies. They do joint military exercises. They have a joint weapons production program. Iran’s diplomatic channels to the USA literally operate out of Pakistan’s embassy in Washington.

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      Not sure if worst, but quite likely the stupidest. I’m no genius myself, but the amount of utter (and aggressive!) stupidity that surrounds us is so exhausting…