Why start another body count in a Middle East conflict with no
direct relationship to U.S. security? Why start another body
count in a Middle East conflict with no direct relationship to
U.S. security? For many the decomposition of Yugoslavia into its
constituent republics in the early 1990s was anything but
smooth. Hope and history are sisters: one looks forward and one
looks back, and they make the world spacious enough to move
through freely. A resolution to that end may be just sound and
fury. Since 2004, the Indian and Pakistani governments have
pursued a peace process centered on the disputed province of
Kashmir. Among the key issues discussed has been that of the
Siachen Glacier, the world’s highest battleground, located in
the Kashmir region. While there has been a ceasefire in effect
on the glacier since November 2003, thousands of soldiers still
confront each other across the icy terrain. At present, the
Indian Army occupies the dominant positions on the Saltoro
Ridge, on the western edge of the gla