ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - A top Chinese-made Pakistani fighter plane shot down at least two Indian military aircraft on Wednesday, two U.S. officials told Reuters, marking a major milestone for Beijing’s advanced fighter jet.

An Indian Air Force spokesperson said he had no comment when asked about the Reuters report.

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    Finally we can fight about something other than the Israeli-Gaza conflict.

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      Nothing to fight about on that. The Zionists are committing a genocide against Palestinians because they want to steal their land.

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      I can see you’ve never come across Pakistani/Hindu nationalists online. My impressions so far are: they are angry, hate each other, lie like russians and tens (maybe even hundreds) of millions of them speak English. :D good luck

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        Oh, I know about a lot of these long term rivalries. It’s less clear which ones the liberal West will support in this case, though.

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            Sorry, I used “liberal” too liberally. The progressive West, then.

            They’re both brown and follow religions that are in the minority in the West, even if massively popular in that region.

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              Still India. India is currently aiding in the destruction of too many industries in western economies to be treated as anything other than an ally; in short if the west treats India as hostile the companies that own the governments in the west start changing those governments.

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            Pakistan has been largely aligned with the west for the most part. Think they are again with Khan out as PM.

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              Pakistan is essentially the cornerstone of Xi’s Belt Road Initiative from the last decade. It’s India 100%.

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                Good point. Looks like my view is at least a decade out of date. Here I am thinking about how the West relied Pakistan in the Cold War while India was a regular customer of Russian arms exports.

                I just looked for some actual recent data; now with the Russian weapons export business largely dead thanks to their three day invasion, India is sourcing most weapons imports from the US and France. Meanwhile over 80% of Pakistan’s imports are from China.

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      There is no Israel-Gaza conflict. Surely you’ve meant the Zionist genocide of Palestinians?