U.S. Vice President JD Vance has declared that the current hostilities between India and Pakistan are "fundamentally none of our business," reaffirming that even though he and President Donald Trump prefer de-escalation, the United States will not interfere directly.
While speaking in an interview with Fox News, Vance, a self-proclaimed less American intervention in foreign conflicts proponent, articulated the U.S. stance. What we can do is try to encourage these individuals to de-escalate a little bit, but we're not going to insert ourselves in the middle of war that's really none of our business and has nothing to do with America's ability to handle it," he said. "You know, America can't ask the Indians to put down their arms.". We can't ask the Pakistanis to put down their guns." And so we're going to continue to pursue this thing diplomatically.
Vance also talked about fears of broader implications. "Our hope and expectation is that this isn't going to escalate into a larger regional war, or God forbid, into a nuclear war," he said. "At this point, we don't think that's going to happen."
These were spoken during a failed Pakistan attempt at bombing Indian cities' military installations in Jammu and Pathankot. The Indian air defense forces intercepted and repelled a minimum of eight missiles launched from beyond the border.
President Trump, too, has commented on tensions, encouraging the two nations to be careful and resolve it peacefully. "Oh it's so terrible. My position is I get along with both.". I know them well and I would like to see them reconcile. I would like to see them stop and hopefully they can stop now," he said. "They have been tit for tat, so hopefully they can stop now. I know both of them, we get along very well with both the countries.".
"Good relations with both and I want to see it end. And if I can do something to help, I will be there," Trump added.
Trump's comments came after India conducted pinpoint military attacks against terror centers in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Pakistan's Punjab province.
India's military operation, Operation Sindoor, was launched in the wee hours of Wednesday as a retaliation for the April 22 terror strike in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which claimed 26 lives. In retaliation for India's attacks, Pakistan's military shelled the Line of Control with artillery and mortar shells at civilian areas in forward villages of Jammu and Kashmir.
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