Reunification of South Asia?

[Blazedtown]

I hate to be that guy, but uniting all of South Asia would be a major step towards solving the over population problems in that part of the world.

[Subramani]

I hate to be that guy, but uniting all of South Asia would be a major step towards solving the over population problems in that part of the world.

How would that happen? Do you mean so many people would die during Unification Process, that it would solve Over Population Problem?

[Randy F Marsh]

Good luck finding a way to do so.

[Arumdaum]

I have a great idea! Let's get the Koreas back together! Oh, and also, we should totes bring Northern Ireland and Ireland back together!

And sticking all those countries in the Balkans back together as well!

Incredibly misleading.

The India subcontinent is an immensely diverse region artificially created and unified only through the Mughal Empire and British bayonets. Korea, on the other hand, has been a single nation since Silla conquered Goguryeo with the assistance of the Tang in 668 CE, divided by the interests of the Soviet Union and the US during the Cold War when dividing up Japan's possessions after WWII.

[Saruhan]

Christ no, I don't want Pakistan to bring India down

[Johto and Kanto]

Nope.

[Wisconsin9]

I hate to be that guy, but uniting all of South Asia would be a major step towards solving the over population problems in that part of the world.

How would that happen? Do you mean so many people would die during Unification Process, that it would solve Over Population Problem?

A few tens of millions of people wouldn't really be enough to make much of a difference.

[Augarundus]

This would eliminate many of the tensions between the countries

ahahahaha

[Costa Alegria]

Don't really think the OP knows why India and Pakistan split in the first place. Muslims and Hindus generally don't make good bedfellows.

[United Kingdom of Muffins]

Why can't we just all be friends and turn the world's military budgets into research money for more smuggle time? Too bad that each nation has national identity that causes mistrust to others.

[Caninope]

The idea of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh reuniting is about as logical as the idea that Barack Obama will kill his wife, marry Ahmadinejad in a ceremony officiated by Mitt Romney during the 7th Inning Stretch of the Yankees-Red Sox game, and then the happy couple will then go challenge President Xi for the position of General Secretary of the CCP in a gladiatorial fight to the death involving roaches, slingshots, and hard candies.

[Arumdaum]

Don't really think the OP knows why India and Pakistan split in the first place. Muslims and Hindus generally don't make good bedfellows.

They got along pretty well before Indian nationalism brought about a Hindu identity, as well as an Indian Muslim identity.

[Caninope]

Why can't we just all be friends and turn the world's military budgets into research money for more smuggle time? Too bad that each nation has national identity that causes mistrust to others.

Well, there are many answers to that question.

However, the most common answer would probably be along the lines of the structure of the international system and human behavior (more generally) leading to conflict between actors when different interests come into conflict, and appropriate escalation from there.

[Wisconsin9]

The idea of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh reuniting is about as logical as the idea that Barack Obama will kill his wife, marry Ahmadinejad in a ceremony officiated by Mitt Romney during the 7th Inning Stretch of the Yankees-Red Sox game, and then the happy couple will then go challenge President Xi for the position of General Secretary of the CCP in a gladiatorial fight to the death involving roaches, slingshots, and hard candies.

That would actually be kind of awesome, except for the thing with Obama killing his wife.

[The Steel Magnolia]

The idea of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh reuniting is about as logical as the idea that Barack Obama will kill his wife, marry Ahmadinejad in a ceremony officiated by Mitt Romney during the 7th Inning Stretch of the Yankees-Red Sox game, and then the happy couple will then go challenge President Xi for the position of General Secretary of the CCP in a gladiatorial fight to the death involving roaches, slingshots, and hard candies.

Daaaaamn.

[Caninope]

The idea of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh reuniting is about as logical as the idea that Barack Obama will kill his wife, marry Ahmadinejad in a ceremony officiated by Mitt Romney during the 7th Inning Stretch of the Yankees-Red Sox game, and then the happy couple will then go challenge President Xi for the position of General Secretary of the CCP in a gladiatorial fight to the death involving roaches, slingshots, and hard candies.

That would actually be kind of awesome, except for the thing with Obama killing his wife.

She was nagging him about not matching up the socks when he folded the laundry.

[Forsher]

Should the nations of Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh be reunited into one nation? This would eliminate many of the tensions between the countries but place a huge stress on the government. Opinions?

Tensions were one of the reasons why you had British India; India and Pakistan; and then India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

The pecularities and generally rushed nature of Indian independence is another major reason.

And, according to my former (and Bangladeshi) maths teacher, Bangladesh split from Pakistan (not India, as I thought in 2010). Geographically, that makes sense.

It also means I've never met anyone from Pakistan (knowingly, they may be running around out there and I just don't know where they're from... not that it matters much, which would be why that's a possibility).

[Nightkill the Emperor]

The idea of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh reuniting is about as logical as the idea that Barack Obama will kill his wife, marry Ahmadinejad in a ceremony officiated by Mitt Romney during the 7th Inning Stretch of the Yankees-Red Sox game, and then the happy couple will then go challenge President Xi for the position of General Secretary of the CCP in a gladiatorial fight to the death involving roaches, slingshots, and hard candies.

If Bangladesh wants to join up, that's totally cool.

Pakistan...should probably keep out.

[Regnum Dominae]

The idea of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh reuniting is about as logical as the idea that Barack Obama will kill his wife, marry Ahmadinejad in a ceremony officiated by Mitt Romney during the 7th Inning Stretch of the Yankees-Red Sox game, and then the happy couple will then go challenge President Xi for the position of General Secretary of the CCP in a gladiatorial fight to the death involving roaches, slingshots, and hard candies.

If Bangladesh wants to join up, that's totally cool.

Pakistan...should probably keep out.

Why would you want to join with a country that makes yours look like a first-world paradise?

[Azurand]

Only under the mighty jackboots of Global Caliphate, I may approve the unification.

Otherwise, no.

[Meryuma]

Eliminate tensions by internalizing them? Tell it to Burma; how's that going, over there?

Hell, tell it to Israel and Palestine.

[Cameroi]

should is what you do in the little room with the mirrors. and that is to quote someone who's name would imply they're having been from the region in question.

what "should" be done, is what ever most of the people who have to actually live there would be most happy with.

[Archonium]

It's like to tell the US and Iran to f**king unite.

[New Sapienta]

Pakistan and India?

Ha, okay.

[Emilio Aguinaldo]

Should the nations of Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh be reunited into one nation? This would eliminate many of the tensions between the countries but place a huge stress on the government. Opinions?

How were they united before? They're only put under control under the British bayonets.