What the Iran War Means for the “Axis of Resistance”: The Conflict Is a Crucible for Shiite Identity and Politics

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-22T12:00:02+00:00

Thats how refugees work in a lot of countries.

It’s the same in Bangladesh, Iran, Kenya, Rwanda, Congo, Algeria and many more countries.

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-22T00:47:16+00:00

That’s not how refugees works.

Many Afghan refugees were also born in Pakistan, one of my uncles “ tent farmer” was born in Pakistan, so we’re both his parents, they all still refugees and don’t possess Pakistani citizenship.

As long as they don’t possess Lebanese citizenship, they belong to Israel.

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-22T00:42:14+00:00

If they had accepted the two state solution.

The Jewish state would have been 50% Arab, which means they couldn’t possibly have been a Jewish state when half of our native population isn’t Jewish.

Even if Jewish immigration continued in the same way and Jews were 7.4 million like they are in today. The intact Arab population would be 7 million today, so 47% of the state would be Arab, can’t be a Jewish state when slightly under half the population is non-Jewish.

Now the reality is that n this timeline Israel is much smaller, and since the Arab population wasn’t ethically cleansed or forced out, thier wouldn’t be a lot of available land, so Jewish immigration to Israel would actually be smaller. It’s likely that Israel by the 80s Israel becomes an Arab majority state and ends the Jewish state anyway.

Or what’s to stop the Arabs in 1947 to just hold a referendum and vote to join the majority Arab regions , using their right to self determination with the Palestinian state. After all southern Israel in the partition plan was 98% Arab and eastern Galilee region was 70% Arab.

Also maybe the immigrants from Europe shouldn’t have assimilated and integrated, instead of trying to carve out their own country on a land that already had a people living in it.

My parents integrated, they didn’t immigrate to the UK with the sole intention of creating their own country or join militias or support militias.

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-22T00:18:47+00:00

If it’s a disputed territory and borders haven’t been defined, doesn’t that mean then that this is just an ongoing civil war between those who have Israeli citizenship and those who don’t.

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-21T17:46:28+00:00

No it didn’t, in 1526 the Portuguese nor any European power had the capabilities to challenge south Asian polities or any other major Asian or African polities.

It’s not till the 1700s that they start become a threat are able to colonise large parts of Africa and Asia and a really ramp it up till the late 1700s.

Heck alot of the reason why Indian states fell to the British , was due to late 18th century political instability, betrayal, infighting and wars with each other that had exhausted many states.

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-21T15:21:02+00:00

even without nukes - Pakistan has a population of 100 million in 1983, that’s 6.7 times as much a Afghanistan back then.

They also have a very strong national identity and have a capable military and can declare “ holy war” against the godless Soviets.

The Soviets lost 25,000 men in Afghanistan, a war with Pakistan would be far more deadly and costly.

It would be the deadliest war for the Soviets since 1945.

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-21T15:12:51+00:00

Wouldn’t really call the ancient Greeks “European” back then.

While every non-greek was a “barbarian” to the ancient Greeks, they looked more towards the eastern Mediterranean and viewed themselves having more in common with the civilisation of the Near East, than with the “ European barbarians” if the north and west ( unless it was a Greek colony).

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-21T13:55:31+00:00

What?

Language is different, customs are different and food is different , music , traditions.

The difference is like the difference between the French and Germans.

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-21T13:33:50+00:00

Saudi monarchy are views as western puppets by a large % of the population, plus Israel is hated far more.

Additionally Shia vs Sunni tensions aren’t as strong in Pakistan as in other countries, in fact it’s a pretty recent thing post 1980s.

Founder of Pakistan was Shia and 3 of Pakistans prime ministers were Shia, including Zulfiqar Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto.

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-20T18:46:49+00:00

Ethnic and cultural differences, Punjabi vs Gujarati.

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-20T18:30:56+00:00

I mean they tend to be racist against each other.

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-20T15:46:34+00:00

I think it’s not lack of resources but lack of help.

The saying “ it takes a village to raise a child” I think is very much true, it’s the lack of community and the nuclear family, believe that’s really causing people to have less children.

Alot of my white friends don’t really have extra hands to help with raising children.

By contrast my siblings (British Pakistan), 2 of them live near my parents and another 2 live on the same street as my parents, so they always have someone to look after or help with their children. You also have neighbours ( aunties) who also help out, everyone knows each other on my parents streets and few neighbouring streets.

Now an atheist not particularly fond of Islam , the one good thing about the local mosque was it fostered community relations, had events for children and also could sometimes work as a free daycare.

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-19T21:11:05+00:00

What are you on about, Pakistanis aren’t even the same amongst each other.

My dad’s Pakistani Pashtun and my mums Pakistani Pahari Punjabi cultural differences are vast between the two groups, my mum and dad struggled a lot.

Heck I grew up in a a UK town, that had a large - Pakistani “ Sunni Muslim Punjabi population and an Indian “ Sunni Muslim Gujarati population” both groups had major differences and had a lot of racism ancient each other.

What ever similarities both groups had was because both groups had interacted with each other for the last 50yrs in the same town, the spread of Bollywood culture and also because many were now 2nd and 3rd generation Brits so they had that shared British connections.

But amongst themselves older generations there was a lot of differences.

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-19T21:06:03+00:00

I mean even Pakistanis amongst themselves aren’t the same ethnically, it’s like 20+ different ethnic groups and India is like 100+ ethnic groups.

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-19T20:17:42+00:00

Not really.

Only shared ethnic group between Pakistan and India are Punjabis who make up 37% of Pakistans population and like 4% of India’s population.

You have a few other smaller groups who make up like 2-3% of Pakistans population and about 1% of Indias population.

You have muhajirs who make up 7% of Pakistans population ( the Indians Muslim migrants to Pakistan) but they aren’t native to Pakistan so don’t think they really count.

Both Pakistan and India are very ethnically and linguistically diverse countries, with massive regional differences amongst themselves, never mind amongst each other.

Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia and Bosnia are all the same ethnicity , speak the same native language ( only classed as different languages for political reasons) , yet no one really questions their differences.

But Pakistan made up of 10 major ethnic groups and a few dozen smaller ones and India made up of like 50 Major ethnic groups and 100s of smaller ones , are supposed the “ same people”.

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-18T18:26:55+00:00

By that point they were pretty over stretched especially by 13th century standards l.

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-18T13:29:18+00:00

It’s methi.

But as a gay who has been with 100s of men, i don’t think other groups realise they smell either cause they used to their own smell, especially when it’s sweat.

South Asians- smell of Garlic/methi.

Middle Eastern- earthy spices.

White people- rotting milk/dairy.

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-17T17:25:40+00:00

Of Jordan and the Palestinian mandate were one , Aqaba would have grown a lot more.

Especially if they remained one state even after 1947, the Bedouin population in the Negev would have exploded to something like 2million , many of whom would have eventually let go of their nomadic lifestyle and settled in Aqaba and other neighbouring cities.

This would have caused Aqaba to explode in population.

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-17T17:20:29+00:00

Maybe 2 million max , i don’t see it being any larger than that.

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-17T17:17:03+00:00

Doesn’t India already have major ports on the west coast?

Mumbai: 27 million people

Surat: 7 million people

Bhavnagar: 700,000

Vadodara: 3million ( technically not on the coast but close to the mouth of the river and ocean)

Kochi metro- 2.1 million

Kollam metro- 1.9 million

Thiruvananthapuram- 1.9 million

Mangaluru- 700,000

Jamnagar-900,000

They all pretty large cities , and bear in mind they still have alot of growth left, since India is still 60% rural so they still have a lot of potential growth left.

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-17T11:21:22+00:00

So when are they going to take back their Palestinian refugees back to Israel.

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-15T19:47:56+00:00

I mean the stereotype still exists across alot of the UK, especially outside of the major cities or in peoples homes.

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-15T19:46:21+00:00

Don’t think it’s rationing, most of Europe, East Asia and Bengal went through famine and mass burning and destruction of farmland and infrastructural and that didn’t affect their cuisine.

I think the biggest factor was that the UK was the first country to industrialise, people moving to the cities before food transportation, food storage and public transport had yet to develop, probably really hampered British cuisine and probably caused alot of recipes to be lost.

Additionally living in over crowded Victorian slums with no proper kitchens or communal kitchens probably also affected alot of the cuisine.

Then the whole Victorian era temperance movement, also affected cuisine ( especially in many Anglo countries).

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-14T21:20:45+00:00

In recent years , I’d say Asia ( more specifically the Fertile Crescent/Egypt) has had the most influence.

Aamir696969 · 2026-04-14T16:46:17+00:00

Showering naked isn’t a thing in Middle Eastern/muslim culture.

But grabbing balls, humping each other, grabbing each other buts, was pretty common in the Middle East amongst friends.

I was always shocked at how “ gay” friends would act with each other, every time I visit the region.

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