SatireWire | India Sends Message by Invading

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Thu Jan 31 17:08:28 PST 2002


India Sends Message by Invading

New Delhi, India (SatireWire.com) -- In what observers say is likely

to further strain already tense relations between the two countries,

India today sent a stern message to neighboring Pakistan by invading

it.

Nearly two million Indian ground troops, supported by fighter jets and

bombers, quickly overran Pakistan, which has been at odds with New

Delhi over the fate of Kashmir. Pakistan was defeated and absorbed

into India.

"Let this be a message to our neighbors that they must be serious in

their crackdown on violent groups in Kashmir, or else," Indian Prime

Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said at a press conference.

"Or else what?" he was asked.

"Or else... um..."

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf quickly jumped on Vajpayee's

response, insisting it was a sign that India had run out of options,

which may give Pakistan the diplomatic upper hand as the standoff

continues.



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