Operation Sindoor
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Izzat Maxing
X.T.M answers Q’s claim that India–Pakistan wars will stay short, arguing that allies matter only for the fifth day. He tests this against 1971, Kargil, Operation Sindoor and the Gulf…
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Did Modi Make India Great Again?
X.T.M, writing from Delhi, weighs what one Modi tenure has compounded against Britain’s seven prime ministers in a decade, citing India’s rise to fourth-largest economy, and asks what continuity buys…
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Geography Is Not Power
India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty believing the upstream power holds the tap. It does not. From the Indus to the Nile, the country at the top of the river…
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India’s Wealth will not turn Pakistan into East Germany
X.T.M answers a commenter’s per-capita point: scale and per-capita income measure different things, and India’s size gives it weight. But economic weight is not destiny, India has not turned Pakistan…
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Open Thread: Pakistan’s Demons are The Daughters of God
Open thread opening on Pakistan’s diplomatic gains after Sindoor, including its role in a US-Iran memo, and on whether its real problem lies in its television dramas. It quotes commenter…
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Op Sindoor Was Not a Pakistani Defeat: Precedents Two Days From Pahalgam
Two days from the Pahalgam anniversary, three precedents worth setting down before the narrative hardens: Sindoor was not a Pakistani defeat, the Crescent commentariat cannot keep living Western lives while…
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The Chess Masters Who Weren’t
X.T.M argues that the leaders cast as grand strategists, from Trump and Modi to Netanyahu, Milei and Orbán, are losing pieces. Op Sindoor, Hormuz, Lebanon and Hungary all cut against…
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The Ukrainian Interlude is over
X.T.M argues that the real 2026 story is Pakistan’s move from written-off state to mediator in the Iran crisis, alongside Iran’s survival and a faltering global far right. The post…
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Is Hormuz, Israel’s Suez but Pakistan’s Second Act?
X.T.M asks whether the Iran war is Israel’s Suez, with Iran gaining leverage over Hormuz. The post argues Pakistan’s offer to host US-Iran talks is its second act, though it…
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“What did Op Sindoor actually accomplish”?
RecoveringNewsJunkie answers a commenter who asked what Op Sindoor accomplished. Citing SATP figures, the post argues that India’s retaliation since 2016 has deterred Pakistan-based terrorism, and that the four-day clash…
