tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post7123799995184589447..comments2024-02-24T19:42:39.876+05:30Comments on Bill the Butcher: Armageddon: On The BrinkBill the Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436195659154078021noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-88911292471239330462019-03-04T21:05:05.755+05:302019-03-04T21:05:05.755+05:30This time every year? No. But winter has always be...This time every year? No. But winter has always been the traditional campaign season in the Indian subcontinent. The harvest is in and the ground is dry because the rainy season is over. In 1971 India invaded Pakistan in November because it was only then that the ground was dry enough and the rivers low enough for an armoured campaign.Bill the Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436195659154078021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-44489355378885927912019-03-03T05:05:55.197+05:302019-03-03T05:05:55.197+05:30Only two comments noted the point of the 28 Feb ca...Only two comments noted the point of the 28 Feb cartoon, stuck in the lower right corner. One said India and Pakistan have a military conflict around this time every year, which, if so, hasn't made the news I read. The other noted that no Americans care about war in Asia, without mentioning India or Pakistan (since no Americans care which Asian countries are at war). How common is it for India and Pakistan to shoot at each other? And is it usually early in the year?<br /><br />MichaelWmeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-84913806647327161482019-03-02T09:43:14.567+05:302019-03-02T09:43:14.567+05:30The interesting thing about Bell's cartoon is ...The interesting thing about Bell's cartoon is that of all the responses hardly anyone noticed the real point (the sub heading) and off them only one even knew which two nuclear powers it was even talking about.Bill the Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436195659154078021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-29876144889161493342019-03-01T12:08:09.035+05:302019-03-01T12:08:09.035+05:30Bill,
I remember your prediction. Not 100% of cour...Bill,<br />I remember your prediction. Not 100% of course as you have posted so much over the years. Also, being 71 and dealing with (well sort of dealing with it) severe COPD/emphysema, but I do recall your not so long ago prediction of a Pakistan/India war that went to use tactical nuclear weapons quite soon once said war began. My friend, I sure hope your prediction does NOT come true. <br />I am 100% certain that you have noticed how it is old men who start these damn fool wars and it is young men and even women now days from the working class and poor who do the fighting and dying. My wish for the entire world is for the working class and poor folks is they get past their false differences and unite to say NO to more damn fool wars.<br />As a long dead smart person was supposed to have said; There will be no real peace until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. I'd enjoy living to see that day, but that won't happen, ah well, I've had a good life any who.<br />Watch your back Bill.Kronkats Kornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356981317059108859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-87446883889658885372019-03-01T06:54:30.658+05:302019-03-01T06:54:30.658+05:301) Check out the Darren Bell cartoon, that the US/...1) Check out the Darren Bell cartoon, that the US/UK media are focused on Cohan's testimony and don't have any room for a conflict by some insignificant countries in Asia or Africa (the geographer Herodotus explained that the Subcontinent is in the eastern part of Ethiopia, and American geography hasn't made much progress past Herodotus).<br />2) Fisk, whom I always compare and contrast with Friedman, wrote that Israel is closely allied with Modi, which sounds right. Also worth a look.<br />3) Great column today. Sorry I didn't start reading you until long after 2013, so I missed your earlier sci-fi (that we all hope stays fi).<br />4) The entire world is a mess, thanks to colonialism and neo-colonialism (and other things as well).<br /><br />MichaelWmeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-19896359206616562632019-02-28T15:22:04.654+05:302019-02-28T15:22:04.654+05:30Wow! :| Thanks for the summary. Your 2013 predicti...Wow! :| Thanks for the summary. Your 2013 prediction seems frightening accurate so far of what is happening. :/ <br /><br />Until now I have ignored most info about this conflict on Twitter because of peoples strong and pushy opinions and also noting that shortly before, Trump's personal corpulent headshopper MBS visited both sides. I don't think that visit was coincidental and totally unrelated to this.<br /><br />Stay safe my friend! Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17271741496384886617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826101215822428783.post-84990191375374902372019-02-28T05:14:02.109+05:302019-02-28T05:14:02.109+05:30Genuinely thought we'd see full scale war over...Genuinely thought we'd see full scale war over here first, but your prediction seems alarmingly accurate! The problem for everyone watching the various media channels is the lies - we simply don't know who or what to believe. All I can see is that "tensions" and "escalations" are being reported.<br />In the meantime the British government fiddles while the EU burns, while the US knit themselves in circles about fake Russian collusion. And of course Irina Shayk has unfollowed Lady Gaga on social media, which I'm sure we're all deeply concerned about.<br /><br />I hope you remain safe mate!<br />ReZnuKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04486836189572293082noreply@blogger.com