ThisisPakistan, a largecountryinSouthAsiathatonpaperdoesn't looklikethatheartof a startingpositiontobein.
これはパキスタン、南アジアの大国で、紙の上では、その開始位置の心のようには見えません。
Butmakenomistake.
しかし、間違いはありません。
Ifreallifewaslike a gameofSidMeier's civilizationthanplaying, Pakistanwouldbeoneofthemostdifficultsievesintheentiregametoewinasbecausetheirstartingpositionisabsolutehotgarbage.
IfPakistancouldcontrolallofKashmir, itwouldpushtheIndianlinesfarawayfromthecapitalcityandestablished a massivelysignificantmountainsshieldthattheIndianarmywouldstruggletopunchthroughtogetthere.
TheIndusRiverisoneofthebiggestriversintheworldandwouldmake a greatdefensiveline, butunfortunatelyitrunsroughlythroughthemiddleofthecountry, whichmeansthatfallingbackbehinditwouldmeansurrenderinghalfofthecountry.
Butevenstill, theIndianarmycouldpunchthroughallofthesehighlightedareaswithouteverhavingacross a river, andthatincludessomeofPakistan's mostmajorpopulationcenterslikeLahore, Faisalabad, Hyderabadandthecapital, Islamabad.
FurthercomplicatingthingsisthatPakistanis a relativelyeasycountrytoblockade.
さらに物事を複雑にしているのは、パキスタンは比較的簡単に封鎖できる国だということです。
Sheonlyhas a narrowstretchofcoastlinehereinthesouthontheArabianSeaandonly a handfulofsignificantportsonitthat, ifeliminated, canaffeffectivelytransformedPakistaninto a landlockedstates.
IranandPakistancooperatetoanextentonsquashingBalochseparatismintheirrespectivezonesofcontrol, But a workingalliancebetweenthetwoisseverelycomplicatedbyIran's ShiagovernmentandPakistan's Sunnigovernment.