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JI7

(89,252 posts) Tue May 20, 2014, 01:53 AM May 2014

Pakistan wants to Smoke Peace Pipe with India, Invites Modi to Visit Country

Source: deccan chronicle

As India awaits the Narendra Modi-led BJP government to take charge, Pakistan on Monday hoped for an early resumption of peace dialogue between the two countries and that the two sides would work to resolve their “differences and disputes”.

Pakistan high commissioner in India Abdul Basit said that as neighbours, the two countries have no option but to talk to each other and normalise relations.

Basit said the two democracies “have to decide whether we will bury the hatchet or will continue to be at daggers drawn indefinitely”. He also added, “The two countries and its people cannot afford to move in the wrong direction and be on the wrong side of history.”

Seeking to engage with a Narendra Modi-led government, the Pakistan government is also hopeful that Mr Modi will be able to make an early visit to Pakistan and have already extended an invitation to him.

Read more: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140520/world-neighbours/article/pakistan-wants-smoke-peace-pipe-india

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Pakistan wants to Smoke Peace Pipe with India, Invites Modi to Visit Country (Original Post) JI7 May 2014 OP

Smoke Peace Pipe with India? Behind the Aegis May 2014 #1

"bury the hatchet or will continue to be at daggers drawn" bananas May 2014 #4

Why not? nt DocMac May 2014 #5

Here's hoping. Recursion May 2014 #2

Detente... DreamGypsy May 2014 #3

pakistan now has no choice cosmicone May 2014 #6

We have Nixon/Kissinger to blame for Pakistani "terrorism". They slipped them nukes McCamy Taylor May 2014 #7

India's nukes are primarily to guard cosmicone May 2014 #8

lol, India - The Mouse That Roared. closeupready May 2014 #10

Really? IronLionZion May 2014 #11

Pakistan and China have a mutual defense pact. So, there's that. closeupready May 2014 #12

It didn't help in Kargil cosmicone May 2014 #15

Nothing you say with regard to India is to be taken seriously. closeupready May 2014 #16

Most certainly, YOU noticed and cared to respond haha. n/t cosmicone May 2014 #18

A no scalping zone during the talks? ChairmanAgnostic May 2014 #9

Modi? In an entire country full of Muslims? KamaAina May 2014 #13

They are neighbors, they're right. Sunlei May 2014 #14

India's prime minister-elect invites leader of rival Pakistan to his inauguration bemildred May 2014 #17

Behind the Aegis

(53,959 posts)

1. Smoke Peace Pipe with India?

Reply to JI7 (Original post)

Tue May 20, 2014, 01:54 AM

May 2014

bananas

(27,509 posts)

4. "bury the hatchet or will continue to be at daggers drawn"

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Reply #1)

Tue May 20, 2014, 02:41 AM

May 2014

http://grammar.about.com/od/qaaboutrhetoric/f/QAmixmetaphor.htm

What Are Mixed Metaphors?
By Richard Nordquist

Question: What Are Mixed Metaphors?

Answer: As defined in our glossary, a mixed metaphor is a succession of incongruous or ludicrous comparisons. When two or more metaphors (or cliches) are jumbled together, often illogically, we say that these comparisons are "mixed."

<snip>

DocMac

(1,628 posts)

5. Why not? nt

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Reply #1)

Tue May 20, 2014, 03:42 AM

May 2014

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

2. Here's hoping.

Reply to JI7 (Original post)

Tue May 20, 2014, 02:05 AM

May 2014

It's kind of the "only Nixon can go to China" logic, but it might work.

DreamGypsy

(2,252 posts)

3. Detente...

Reply to JI7 (Original post)

Tue May 20, 2014, 02:26 AM

May 2014

...and, perhaps, a little ganja.

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)

6. pakistan now has no choice

Reply to JI7 (Original post)

Tue May 20, 2014, 05:39 AM

May 2014

any further terrorist acts in India and Modi will kick some Pakistani butt instead of weakness shown by the prior admins.

It is time someone puts an end to rhe Pakistani swamp of terrorism.

If Pakistan gets over Kashmir, its citizens could benefit immensely from bilateral trade and Indian investments.

McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)

7. We have Nixon/Kissinger to blame for Pakistani "terrorism". They slipped them nukes

Reply to cosmicone (Reply #6)

Tue May 20, 2014, 07:57 AM

May 2014

to balance out India. So, now India has taken a turn to the hard right, in order to balance out Pakistani nukes. People in both countries have my sympathies. They would probably both be much happier if neither government had nuclear weapons.

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)

8. India's nukes are primarily to guard

Reply to McCamy Taylor (Reply #7)

Tue May 20, 2014, 09:41 AM

May 2014

against China. India can defeat and take over Pakistan in about 2 weeks (nukes or not) but restrained itself due to US pressure after multiple terorrist attacks. That restraint will be very limited under Modi because most Indians are tired of constant terror.

closeupready

(29,503 posts)

10. lol, India - The Mouse That Roared.

Reply to cosmicone (Reply #8)

Tue May 20, 2014, 10:06 AM

May 2014

IronLionZion

(45,457 posts)

11. Really?

Reply to closeupready (Reply #10)

Tue May 20, 2014, 04:53 PM

May 2014

because a lot of irrational people are hoping for a brutal and bloody war.

closeupready

(29,503 posts)

12. Pakistan and China have a mutual defense pact. So, there's that.

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #11)

Tue May 20, 2014, 05:04 PM

May 2014

And they've ALL got nukes. I guess if India is suicidal ... and sometimes cultures are. See Germany, WWII.

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)

15. It didn't help in Kargil

Reply to closeupready (Reply #12)

Wed May 21, 2014, 10:39 AM

May 2014

and certainly didn't help in Bangladesh. India liberated Bangladesh and dismembered Pakistan in 10 days with 91,000 Pakistani soldiers surrendering including a top general AAK Niazi.

Baluchistan is next to gain freedom.

closeupready

(29,503 posts)

16. Nothing you say with regard to India is to be taken seriously.

Reply to cosmicone (Reply #15)

Wed May 21, 2014, 10:41 AM

May 2014

Everyone on this board knows that. You can continue posting, or not - nobody will notice.

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)

18. Most certainly, YOU noticed and cared to respond haha. n/t

Reply to closeupready (Reply #16)

Wed May 21, 2014, 11:40 AM

May 2014

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)

9. A no scalping zone during the talks?

Reply to JI7 (Original post)

Tue May 20, 2014, 09:44 AM

May 2014

Let's build a totem in celebration.

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

13. Modi? In an entire country full of Muslims?

Reply to JI7 (Original post)

Tue May 20, 2014, 07:16 PM

May 2014

What could go wrong?

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

14. They are neighbors, they're right.

Reply to JI7 (Original post)

Tue May 20, 2014, 07:27 PM

May 2014

"Pakistan high commissioner in India Abdul Basit said that as neighbours, the two countries have no option but to talk to each other and normalise relations. "

bemildred

(90,061 posts)

17. India's prime minister-elect invites leader of rival Pakistan to his inauguration

Reply to JI7 (Original post)

Wed May 21, 2014, 10:57 AM

May 2014

NEW DELHI - India on Wednesday invited the leaders of rival Pakistan and other South Asian nations to the prime minister's inauguration, signalling what could be a first step in improving ties with its neighbours.

Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh on Wednesday sent the invitations to her counterparts in the eight-member South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation for the leaders to attend the inaugural scheduled on Monday.

It's the first time India has invited leaders from its neighbours to attend the ceremony. External affairs ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin said the ministry was awaiting responses.

The decision, among the first taken by Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi, could signal an intent to improve ties with Pakistan.

http://www.canada.com/news/Indias+prime+ministerelect+invite+leader+rival+Pakistan+inauguration/9862522/story.html

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