jordanlund@lemmy.worldM to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoIsrael says Iran missile attack appears to be over and threatens retaliation – Middle East crisis livewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkIsrael says Iran missile attack appears to be over and threatens retaliation – Middle East crisis livewww.theguardian.comjordanlund@lemmy.worldM to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
For those who missed it, Iran launched a missile attack on Israel, it appears to be over for now, but who knows how long?
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoCarlin used to joke about the India / Pakistan conflict. “Ancient hatreds with modern weapons!”
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-23 months agoNot ancient at all. The empire divided up India in 1947. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_India
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoPakistan literally wasn’t a thing before that. Muslim vs. Hindu is older, I suppose, although some might pick a bone about if the Mughals count as “ancient”.
Carlin used to joke about the India / Pakistan conflict. “Ancient hatreds with modern weapons!”
Not ancient at all. The empire divided up India in 1947.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_India
Pakistan literally wasn’t a thing before that. Muslim vs. Hindu is older, I suppose, although some might pick a bone about if the Mughals count as “ancient”.