# Things hotting up between India and Pakistan

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 19, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-hotting-up-between-india-and-pakistan/766370 "2016-09-19T19:27:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-hotting-up-between-india-and-pakistan/766370/21 "2016-09-23T14:16:44Z")

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A bit of a sidetrack, but on the subject of what Pakistan might or might not do: is the Pakistani government even unified enough that it can be said to have a single “policy” on anything? It’s attitude towards Islamic terrorism in particular is schizophrenic.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-hotting-up-between-india-and-pakistan/766370/22 "2016-09-23T15:35:23Z")

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> [@Lumpy](#):
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> A bit of a sidetrack, but on the subject of what Pakistan might or might not do: is the Pakistani government even unified enough that it can be said to have a single “policy” on anything? It’s attitude towards Islamic terrorism in particular is schizophrenic.

That’s part of the problem. Most of the Pakistani government might be rational enough not to start a nuclear war. Some Islamic radical military officer with access (God forbid) to a functioning nuclear missile might not be.

Regards,  
Shodan

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