Source: Asia Times:
By M K Bhadrakumar
Was it a military confrontation – the week long India-Pakistan acrimony over bloody incidents on the Line of Control (LOC) in Kashmir, which resulted in the killing of four soldiers? Was it a potential nuclear flashpoint? In retrospect, it was more like a brawl – a noisy, disorderly quarrel.
Indeed, it ended as abruptly as it erupted and very little broken china is visible as the two armies, which apparently went for each other’s jugulars, summarily pulled back. India claimed Pakistani forces had killed two of its soldiers and mutilated the bodies, while Pakistan, which denied any wrongdoing, alleged Indian troops crossed into its side (which India denied), killing and injuring their soldiers.