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* The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan has dragged on for decades, with each side holding contradictory positions and neither willing to compromise.
* The conflict between the Sinhalese-dominated government Sri Lanka and the Tamil separatists seemed to be this, going on for 25 years with no apparent end in sight, until the Tamil Tigers were [[Curb Stomp Battle|suddenly annihilated]] [http://www.channel4.com/programmes/sri-lankas-killing-fields/4od alongside alot of Tamil civilians] in 2009.
* The Northwest Frontier was famous as that during the days of [[The Raj]]. This was the border between British India and Afghanistan. Basically what would happen is the [[Proud Warrior Race|Pushtan]] tribes would go into the valleys looking for plunder and slaves. The British naturally would march up into the hills to [[Make an Example of Them]]. Once in a while the Pushtans would get really riled up and try to wage a full-out war. Interestingly, this was a favorite assignment request among British as there were chances to get distinction in combat with appropriate promotions, which makes one wonder if they were [[Not So Different]] from the Pushtans.
* The [[Cold War]] was expected to last forever [[The Great Politics Mess-Up|until it suddenly ended in 1991.]]▼
**In fact this happened whomever controlled the lowlands with few alterations in description, from before Christ, to the present Pakistani government. One sort-of break from it was in the [[Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan]] where the Northwest Frontier became a giant [[Arms Fair]] where [[Enemy Mine|everyone who had a beef with the Russians]]-or [[War for Fun and Profit|just wanted a quick buck]] dumped in weapons to be used by the Afghans.
▲* The [[Cold War]] was expected to. last forever [[The Great Politics Mess-Up|until it suddenly ended in 1991.]]
** The [[Vietnam War]], part of the [[Cold War]], lasted from 1955 to 1975 and was itself the continuation the war the French fought back when the area was called French Indochina... which was in turn a continuation of the war against the Japanese when they occupied French Indochina, which was in turn a continuation of the various conflicts in Indochina between the French and those seeking to evict them since the Annamese war... It goes on.
* [[The War on Terror]] has no clear end and could potentially go on for decades.
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