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by srikandan
14 Mar 2022 19:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3181764

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

rsinghji, lots of tales like western fantasies like "lord of the rings" can be made from actual Indian history with great storylines given today's technology. But first, we need to remove fake history that currently dominates Indian minds, and remove the jihadis like Javed Akhtar and Salim...
by srikandan
14 Mar 2022 19:06
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

India is actively working with UAE, Israel, and KSA after the abrahamic accords, while the USA refuses to recognize those accords, and this is when the KSA and UAE govts.. are trying to moderate their populace. USA is on the wrong side of the islamist fight, as it backs the likes of the worst regres...
by srikandan
14 Mar 2022 04:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5683
Views: 1669661

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

Nickel is no longer listed in lme.com so seems like context of the thread is true for Ni trading in LME
by srikandan
13 Mar 2022 23:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

Allowing citizens dual-nationality is a bad idea, given as to how most of the Ukrainian politicians have american citizenship. This is how regime changes are done "organically" it seems.
by srikandan
13 Mar 2022 22:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3181764

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

INC is beyond treacherous -- it is an enemy of India actively working with India's enemies. Now openly coming on the side of the terrorists and their paki handlers in J&K

https://twitter.com/INCKerala/status/15 ... 5470957568
by srikandan
13 Mar 2022 22:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Weaponizing Corporations & Trade - Countermeasures
Replies: 54
Views: 8674

Re: Weaponizing Corporations & Trade - Countermeasures

Pratyush: These entities have to be blocked in India. No more delays. This govt. either needs to bring the press under heel so they do not spread fake news 24/7 -- journalists openly spreading hate and being protected by the Judiciary. Until they do this, they are dependent on social media to sprea...
by srikandan
13 Mar 2022 22:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
Replies: 1718
Views: 423205

Re: Assembly Elections - 2022

Severe bad blood between Antonia Maino and Menaka so them joining hands is unlikely. Sonia Gandy and her stupid children hold all the monies in the party, which is about the only reason all the congress slaves kiss the ground these Gandys walk on. Paki/INC (equivalent) scumbag Ahmed Patel's death in...
by srikandan
13 Mar 2022 22:16
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017
Replies: 5683
Views: 1669661

Re: Indo-UK News & Discussions- June 2017

China shut down UK markets to save a chinese firm -- I don't see why these USA/UK are so sure that they have China by the hearts and minds. China has plays too, against them. Two evil, predatory "empire-building" countries of the day -- one nominally capitalist and the other nominally comm...
by srikandan
13 Mar 2022 01:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 7683
Views: 1803720

Re: Understanding the US - Again

https://twitter.com/JoshuaPotash/status/1502542936772386816 US 'liberal" MSM, the execrable Rachel Maddow, doing a "why is putin more evil than Hilter" exercise -- Pravda during communism was not as effective, when it comes to propaganda. Propaganda that targets local citizens to supp...
by srikandan
13 Mar 2022 00:40
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terroristan - April 15, 2021
Replies: 2853
Views: 845048

Re: Terroristan - April 15, 2021

So pakis denied that the missile hit deep in their territory for two days so they could clean up, and India let them pretend it was an accident -- second time India has shown that nukular fleshpoint has unclear redlines. nooknood is real. https://youtu.be/CZ5VNGrznNc https://indianexpress.com/articl...
by srikandan
12 Mar 2022 01:46
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status ... 30/photo/1

Ro Khanna seems to have done some downhill skiing like his fellow pakistani countrymen -- deleted his mutterings on the US in Ukraine. what a tool -- no spine to stand behind how own words. :roll:
by srikandan
12 Mar 2022 01:28
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terroristan - April 15, 2021
Replies: 2853
Views: 845048

Re: Terroristan - April 15, 2021

who this India HVT who got bull-cutleted by Brahmos? some one pakistani Army/ISI wants to pretend was not ever in their soil.
by srikandan
11 Mar 2022 23:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

https://twitter.com/tjmcintyre/status/1501594050478153739?cxt=HHwWloC5-aj13dYpAAAA So western govts. are now frantically trying to keep "unsanitized news" from reaching their populace. Growing used to "free media and freedom and democracy in the west", we see the reality is just ...
by srikandan
11 Mar 2022 02:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

Clearly, no one knows outside Russia knows what Russia's end game is, and we know that Putin needs end-game in the short term, so what would be the end results that will shore up Russian security in the long term and allow a defanged ukraine to continue as an independent state. Denying access to por...
by srikandan
11 Mar 2022 00:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
Replies: 1718
Views: 423205

Re: Assembly Elections - 2022

vijayk: Engage younger kids with some interesting topics such as Mars exploration, Hydrogen or electric car transition ... make it look cool ... make it look high goal Same audience targeted by Foreign social media companies -- foreign govts. will use social media to target indian kids, and if ther...
by srikandan
09 Mar 2022 01:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

Russia may have taken center stage in American threat perception for the moment —in his State of the Union Speech, President Joe Biden mentioned Russia 18 times and China just twice— but this crisis is part of a much bigger contest that has China at its heart . A contest that makes India indispensa...
by srikandan
08 Mar 2022 08:49
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023
Replies: 1718
Views: 423205

Re: Assembly Elections - 2022

Ambar: Pretty much the same case as Bihar. Those below the age of 25 are drunk on empty idealism, and unsurprisingly are under the impression that being anti-government == cool and fashionable. Pretty much a direct result of being bombarded by manipulated information by Google, facebook, and twitte...
by srikandan
08 Mar 2022 08:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

vera_k: If it comes to that, they'll take gold I bet. Or the digital rupee if it is backed by gold! Very likely. Russia has increased its gold reserves by 33% since 2014, just so it can resume oil trade in gold-backed currency, it looks like. https://dailyreckoning.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Ru...
by srikandan
08 Mar 2022 02:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

The only results here for India in the short term are return of the Indian students, which has nothing to do with the US-Russia conflict. Keeping this on the forefront with Russia makes it clear that the russians will not be bombing foreign nationals who are being used as human shields by the Ukrain...
by srikandan
06 Mar 2022 00:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 9035
Views: 2635591

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Some random Indian-origin american woman who wants to make sooth-asian movies in India -- need to watch who else pushes this character in India. Use of the word "sooth asia" is a marker for a US-origin agenda. https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/hollywood/lilly-singh-on-agenda-...
by srikandan
04 Mar 2022 23:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

https://twitter.com/PhrozenFlame17/status/1499792300091875337 Transnitria now seeks independence from Moldova for entering the EU. The US seems to have late realization of secondary effects of shutting Russian oil on US gas prices and US dollar dominance, but that horse seems to have left the barn, ...
by srikandan
03 Mar 2022 23:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 9035
Views: 2635591

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

The secretary said India’s abstention at the United Nations and its commitment to provide Ukraine with humanitarian assistance are promising steps in a shift in its public position and that he expects an even greater shift in the aftermath of outrage at the death of an Indian student killed in Khar...
by srikandan
03 Mar 2022 23:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

https://twitter.com/IndiaToday/status/1 ... nhhs8pAAAA

Putin asking Ukrainian neo-nazis to let foreigners out of war zone and not use them as human shield.
by srikandan
03 Mar 2022 20:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 9035
Views: 2635591

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

https://indianexpress.com/article/world/russia-ukraine-war-india-weapons-systems-us-7799245/ US Senator Chris Murphy (Democrat), Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, held the sub-committee hearing with Senator Todd Youn...
by srikandan
03 Mar 2022 02:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

Baikul: I also noticed that Nepal and Bhutan voted with the Western world/ Ukraine, while Bangladesh and Even Sri Lank abstained. It would have been interesting to be a fly on the wall to understand the Nepalese and Bhutanese voting the way they did. It was reported that the US just provided a 500M...
by srikandan
03 Mar 2022 02:09
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

So what happened to the 20B$ worth of anti-tank weapons supplied to Ukraine by the US, and the tanks seem intact outside Kyiv so far. Maybe it was not just anti-tank weapons handed to the Ukrainian Nazis, and the Russians know that?
by srikandan
03 Mar 2022 01:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

Looks like Russia's goal is to liberate Donetsk and Luhansk from the US-supported Ukrainian nazis and acquire stable water supply for Crimea. (going by the cities that are under Russia siege and how they line up on the map)
by srikandan
03 Mar 2022 00:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

Maybe better to view that question in reverse: what kind of locally-focussed infrastructure(s) that India develops can, over time, be sold as an alternative to western systems to countries that are locked out of western systems -- don't see India leveraging anything western for its benefit, that can...
by srikandan
02 Mar 2022 23:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

Pretending that UN can do anything for India at this or any point in time is a losing game -- we do not have a veto. We should not give a fig about the UN expect for ensuring it does not do anything to screw with India as it often does, most recently with the US-lead vote to blame India for global w...
by srikandan
02 Mar 2022 23:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

India should make an effort to be part of all possible financial systems including one that is native. Obvious that any such system will force countries to cooperate as multiple SWIFT like systems is a wonderful thing for drug lords and criminal mafia, and every rich country out there will speak aga...
by srikandan
02 Mar 2022 23:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

UN Censure is just a circus it looks like, seeing as the UNGA has no power to actually affect any outcomes -- useless like the UN itself. American Patriot C. Rajamohan chimes in, and to this POS was Shri KS's protege. https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/standing-against-putins-imperial...
by srikandan
02 Mar 2022 22:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

I don't believe India needs to dhoti-shiver at the current developments when we can fill various vacuums created during such times, if we think ahead as to where all this anglo-saxon war mongering will lead to, and what it takes to stay out of their neo-nazi plans for blonde, white christian countri...
by srikandan
02 Mar 2022 22:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

For a bunch of guys who where yelling at Russia for "weaponising NS2", US/EU are certainly weaponizing every possible financial and economic instrument that Russia bought into since 1991. No reason why the same won't be done to India if India gets dependent on the west in those sectors.
by srikandan
02 Mar 2022 19:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

https://twitter.com/Chaiti/status/1498997299414204418 Ukranian nazis using Indian students as human shields in Kharkiv -- these US/EU-supported ukrainian nazi vermin need to be wiped out by Russia. But then again that is their goal --- to get Indian students killed and then show the finger to India ...
by srikandan
02 Mar 2022 01:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

The real danger is apps like Signal -- Elon's starlink is not what's being used by the Ukrainians to coordinate. It is Signal.
by srikandan
01 Mar 2022 23:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

This is the kind pathetic BS that passes for anal-e-sis in Indian think tanks. This "game theoretic analyis" is randomly assigning words to the resulting outcomes. Utter nonsense. https://twitter.com/pranaykotas/status/1498693924495695873 This kind of chart is used to tabulate outcomes bas...
by srikandan
01 Mar 2022 09:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

What this demonstrates is that when it comes white racist anglo Saxons, everything is politics. Only the house slaves pretend that sports (and cricket) must be separate from politics. But it is now common knowledge that "western civilization" is about power and.money, including knowledge a...
by srikandan
01 Mar 2022 05:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

western "human rights" kangaroo courts on "war crimes in Ukraine" have started :roll:

https://twitter.com/i/events/1483255084750282753
by srikandan
01 Mar 2022 00:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032111

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

zynda: Apparently EU diplomatic sources, Western intelligence believes that Ukr figures of Russian casualties & injured are correct i.e. around 4500 including injured & KIA. So the "west" fact-checked their own propaganda and found it true. What a blessed world we live in. You wou...
by srikandan
01 Mar 2022 00:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3181764

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Lesson for India. If US apps in Google store/Apple store etc. stopped working in India today like it has stopped working in Russia, what would be the consequences for the Indian economy? Until that answer is "not much" or "negligible", India has a long way to grow independently.