Open Thread

December 1st, 2008 10:19 AM

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Could India and Pakistan be inching towards war?

The fallout from a three-day rampage that killed nearly 200 people in Mumbai threatened on Sunday to unravel India's improving ties with Pakistan and prompted the resignation of India's security minister. New Delhi said it was raising security to a "war level" and had no doubt of a Pakistani link to the attacks, which unleashed anger at home over the intelligence failure and the delayed response to the violence that paralyzed India's financial capital.

Could last week's Mumbai attacks lead to a full-scale war between these two nuclear powers?