Wars have been fought for all sorts of obscure reasons, ranging from the entirely rational to the completely insane. Russia and Japan, for instance, once went to war in order to win a Chinese contract to build a railway line in Manchuria. The Taiping Rebellion, which led to the deaths of over 20 million, was sparked off when a man who claimed to be the younger brother of Jesus Christ demanded the right to establish a heavenly kingdom. Sundry wars everywhere have been fought over religious minutiae that make little sense to non-believers.
This war between India and Pakistan is being
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