We may have a nuclear war and soon.

The hottest spot on the planet is the dividing line between India and Pakistan. On the "Zero Line" there are 650,000 armed men facing each other and the two countries have 350 nukes pointed at each other. The UN has a special session right now to try to defuse the situation.

The driving force of this crisis is water; specifically, the waters of the Indus River. Ninety percent of Pakistan is dependent on the Indus for drinking water and 50% of Pakistan's economy is tied to the Indus.

Technically, there is a war between the two countries, which is stilled by an armistice. Temporarily. Pakistan has its official policy of a first strike on India under certain circumstances and those circumstances are met. There have been clashes along the border and these clashes can evolve into an open war, a nuclear war.

There is an underlying cause of the tension between the two countries and it is due to water. When the two countries signed a treaty, it was specified that India could use the Indus in its own territory for electric generation and drinking water. In the meantime, India has upped its plans for damming up the Indus until it threatens water flow in Pakistan. Pakistan wants Kashmir because that would give them control over all of the Indus. India is not about to step back from its control of their part of Kashmir or their plans for the Indus.

There have been cross border shelling several times this week.