Rodent Regatta

... (or understanding the issues) I have to admit that at this moment I don’t know why these two countries are fighting. Concentrating on our war on terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict uses a fair amount of my bandwidth.
As a country, what’s our role in all of this? Do we have a dog in this fight? It seems we always do. Or, is our concern the risk of nuclear escalation when Pakistan and India go at it?

Pakistan conducted the second in a series of missile tests amid growing tensions with neighboring India. In a meeting in Russia, Bush and Putin urged the South Asian adversaries to ease tension in order to avoid war. [Wall Street Journal]

Reading more carefully, I find these two phrases:

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  disputed border


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  Islamic incursions

If you look at The Bible as a history book, you see just how far back the trespassing laws go!