India Strips Kashmir of its Special Status
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many presidents have said this is the one area of the world that scares the shyt out of them
What does that mean exactly?
India will not protect it against Pakistan?
India will not protect it against Pakistan?
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I saw this just a few minutes ago. People using redkashmir.
A bunch of troops were deployed
A bunch of troops were deployed
thatrapsfan
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My bad I meant to post the article:
What is Article 370?
In 1949, a special provision was added to India's constitution providing autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir.
Article 370 allows the state to have its own constitution, a separate flag and independence over all matters except foreign affairs, defence and communications.
Another provision later added under Article 370 - 35A - gives special privileges to permanent residents, including state government jobs and the exclusive right to own property in the state.
It is seen as protecting the state's distinct demographic character as the only Muslim-majority state in India.
So why is India's move controversial?
The move by the Hindu nationalist BJP government prompted outrage in parliament, and some legal experts have called it an attack on the constitution.
Critics fear the move is designed to change the demographic make-up of India-administered Kashmir - by giving people from the rest of the country to right to acquire property and settle there permanently.
The state's former chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti, told the BBC she felt there was a "sinister design" to the decision.
"They just want to occupy our land and want to make this Muslim-majority state like any other state and reduce us to a minority and disempower us totally."
She added Article 370 was not given to the people of the state as a "gift", but "a matter of constitutional guarantees given by the very same Indian parliament to the people of Jammu and Kashmir".
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Tulsi will defend this
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Why don't they allow Kashmir the right to self determination
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Good one
Yeah this could get ugly. This always been a dangerous flashpoint since both sides got Nukes. But sheesh, 70 years of being a disputed territory all changed in a flash. Kashmiris been getting fukked up by Indian troops for years, I guess now they’ll make it official and be an occupying force.
We learned about Kashmir in 7th grade at my school
Teacher feared nuclear war and posited that ww3 could start due to it
That was 18 years ago
Teacher feared nuclear war and posited that ww3 could start due to it
That was 18 years ago
Tulsi will defend this
Yeah this could get ugly. This always been a dangerous flashpoint since both sides got Nukes. But sheesh, 70 years of being a disputed territory all changed in a flash. Kashmiris been getting fukked up by Indian troops for years, I guess now they’ll make it official and be an occupying force.
George Clooney on Obama and Pakistan
I talked with the president at one of those fundraisers some months back, and I asked him, "What keeps you up at night?"
And he said, "Everything. Everything that gets to my desk is a critical mass. If it gets to my desk, then no one else could have handled it." So I said, "So what's the one that keeps you up at night?"
He goes, "There are quite a few."
So I go, "What's the one? Period."
And he says, "Pakistan."
And he said, "Everything. Everything that gets to my desk is a critical mass. If it gets to my desk, then no one else could have handled it." So I said, "So what's the one that keeps you up at night?"
He goes, "There are quite a few."
So I go, "What's the one? Period."
And he says, "Pakistan."