India and Pakistan appear ready for conflict, with tensions triggered by a terrorist attack on Indian citizens on April 22 in Jammu and Kashmir. India has good reason to believe that the attack originated in Pakistan from terror bases the Pakistani government knows about and supports. Prime Minister Modi of India will likely respond to the attack militarily. The question is, does Pakistan respond and might the situation escalate?

Historical Context and Current Tensions

India and Pakistan’s relationship has been marked by conflict since their 1947 partition, with Kashmir as a central dispute. The April attack, claimed by The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based terrorist group, killed at least 26 and injured 17. (RELATED: Indian Gender Clinics Shut Down After Losing Funds That Biden Passed Off As AIDS Relief) 

Symbolically, the attack came only a day after the arrival of Vice President J.D. Vance for a four-day trip to India with his family. The timing was most assuredly not........

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