India hyphen Pakistan: US rhetoric revives New Delhi’s nightmare

“I tell the world,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an official address on Monday, “if we talk to Pakistan, we will talk only about terror” and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir,

Who was Modi actually speaking to, in his first official remarks following the nerve-wracking hostilities between India and Pakistan beginning May 7 until a ceasefire was declared on May 10?

One answer is US President Donald Trump and his administration. After all, it was Trump who ended up announcing the “full and immediate ceasefire”, which, according to him, came after “a long night of talks mediated by the United States.” Later that day, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed that, in addition to ceasing military attacks, the two South Asian states had agreed to “start talks on a broad set of issues at a neutral site”.

Trump went even further on May 11, insisting, in a TruthSocial post, that he is “very proud of the strong and unwaveringly powerful leadership of India and Pakistan” and adding this kicker: “Additionally, I will work with you both to see if, after a ‘thousand years’, a solution can be arrived at concerning Kashmir. God Bless the leadership of India and Pakistan on a job well done!!!” And then on May 12, the US...

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