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Submitted by Anon (United States), Feb 28, 2016 at 03:53

There is almost no direct threat from Iran to India compared to Pakistan. Lets face it, Iranian gunmen are never going to descend on Mumbai by boat on a death mission to kill Indians, Jews and anybody else they can find as happened with Pakistan in 2008. Pakistan is the biggest threat to India and they are a much much worse problem than Iran is to Israel. They have fomented a violent Islamic separatist movement for decades that has claimed tens of thousands of lives in Kashmir. \

The incident mentioned in this article was a targeted retaliation to the killing of Iranian scientists by Israel and wasn't really a terrorist attack on India even though it happened on Indian soil. Israel and Iran have a complicated history but Pakistan is a much more serious problem in the region. They are unstable, have a radicalized culture that easily produces terrorists, have a fast growing nuclear arsenal and were caught sheltering Bin Laden of all people. Compared to Iran, Pakistani terror is a DIY franchise which has lots of survival power. Pakistani radicalization knows no bounds, for instance look at this story:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35341256

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Israel's ties with the US and Europe are deep and ancient. [728 words]Michael SApr 14, 2016 18:02228964
3Problem of Islam [266 words]CanadianAtheistMar 21, 2016 03:28228505
3Iran vs Pakistan [192 words]AnonFeb 28, 2016 03:53228254
2Good houses in bad neighborhoods [37 words]PrashantFeb 24, 2016 00:21228215
2World Alignments Becoming More Logical [165 words]DaveFeb 23, 2016 20:20228208
If we hadn't supported Pakistan, things might not have gone so well in '67 in Israel [268 words]Michael SFeb 27, 2016 10:21228208
1Tolerance [62 words]ThomMar 17, 2016 18:32228208

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