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by Rangudu
06 Jan 2013 11:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Dec 25, 2012
Replies: 2857
Views: 273976

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Dec 25, 2012

SS, The US is not a monolith. Whatever wet dreams State Dept wallahs can cook up may not always go down well with those facing the business end of a jihadi AK-47. There is less than 0 chance that TSPA either wanted or actually helped kill Nazir. While some weak kneed pussies in Foggy Bottom or in th...
by Rangudu
28 Dec 2012 09:29
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Dec 25, 2012
Replies: 2857
Views: 273976

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Dec 25, 2012

Anujan

Apparently, Im the Dim Khan is miffed that Kayani and the GHQ have ditched him and instead planning to use this Qadri fellow to create a "unity" government...
by Rangudu
07 Dec 2012 09:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012
Replies: 2850
Views: 273840

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012

Boss TSPA does NOT want Fazlullah no matter what they say. Karzai is a dead man walking but he may be calling TSPA's bluff.
by Rangudu
27 Nov 2012 23:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012
Replies: 2850
Views: 273840

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012

SS and others Hamid Mir in a recent program called TTP people cowards by name for attacking that girl (Malala). He also said he knows the real identity of TTP people like Ihsanullah Ihsan and can reveal them if he chooses to. He added that he knows who (specific people) in TSPA/ISI control which gro...
by Rangudu
21 Nov 2012 21:59
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Mumbai Terrorist Attack-News stories and timeline
Replies: 2954
Views: 467762

Re: Mumbai Terrorist Attack-News stories and timeline

Watch for DDM/Sickular 'intellectuals' to come out and say '26/11 chapter is closed, let's make piss with TSP'. I for one feel not even an ounce of satisfaction with this, as long as the likes of Hafiz Saeed, Shuja Pasha, Nadeem Taj etc. are still breathing air instead of dirt. Never forget, never f...
by Rangudu
20 Nov 2012 06:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1428065

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

>> Now, India is not doing settlements and such but the point remains valid. What is the point and how does it remain valid? That the same Western Leftist elite cabal that makes a cause of castigating Israel also blames India for 'occupation' and 'human rights abuses' in J&K. The same Western L...
by Rangudu
20 Nov 2012 04:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1428065

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

KLNMurthy, Your points above and in the last one are well taken. But what I am saying is that Israel's brutalization of Palestinians with connivance from US is basically tantamount to justifying daylight thuggery. If this is what we are witnessing in the post colonial world, imagine what the coloni...
by Rangudu
14 Nov 2012 22:37
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1428065

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Rudradev, Then see if the crime was the same. One Facebook post vs. a campaign of posts across a long period of time by the Indian guy. Prosecutors have to use their judgment on intent etc. and they do so all the time. If a guy is saying threats again and again, using multiple IDs, building bot prog...
by Rangudu
14 Nov 2012 22:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1428065

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Rudradev,

Vikram B is a foreigner in the US - you cannot compare that with a racist US citizen, with citizen being the operative word.
by Rangudu
07 Nov 2012 10:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indian Interests in US Presidential Election Campaign 2012
Replies: 337
Views: 31807

Re: Indian Interests in US Presidential Election Campaign 20

Rangudu, that's why people like Marco Rubio, and for that matter Bobby Jindal and Nikki Haley are likely to assume a higher profile in the GOP in the near future. Remember "macaca" George Allen? He lost his VA Senate contest for the second time in a row tonight. Well that's swell, but cal...
by Rangudu
07 Nov 2012 10:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indian Interests in US Presidential Election Campaign 2012
Replies: 337
Views: 31807

Re: Indian Interests in US Presidential Election Campaign 20

Rudradev,

Republicans cannot attract even affluent immigrant types as long as they keep shoving Baptist type hardcore Christian "values" down people's throats. If a person of color cannot feel comfortable in their crowd, then they cannot get that vote.
by Rangudu
07 Nov 2012 05:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indian Interests in US Presidential Election Campaign 2012
Replies: 337
Views: 31807

Re: Indian Interests in US Presidential Election Campaign 20

Abhijit wrote:O loses IN - the more idiotic the Christian right becomes (a la mourdock) the more they succeed at the hustings.
Mourdock is not winning yet.
by Rangudu
07 Nov 2012 05:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indian Interests in US Presidential Election Campaign 2012
Replies: 337
Views: 31807

Re: Indian Interests in US Presidential Election Campaign 20

Obama is increasing by the minute on InTrade...up to 72% now. We should get the first set of results in a couple of minutes, especially from Virginia.
by Rangudu
07 Nov 2012 04:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indian Interests in US Presidential Election Campaign 2012
Replies: 337
Views: 31807

Re: Indian Interests in US Presidential Election Campaign 20

Ramana

It is "Is the country headed on the right track or wrong track?" Typically, dissatisfaction with the inclumbent means 35-65 or worse but a close split means good things for Obama.
by Rangudu
07 Nov 2012 04:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indian Interests in US Presidential Election Campaign 2012
Replies: 337
Views: 31807

Re: Indian Interests in US Presidential Election Campaign 20

To me the most telling exit poll statistic is the 46-52% stat for "right track" vs "wrong track". If this is true, then I'd be shocked if Obama doesn't win big. Plus, I just checked InTrade and Obama is at 70%, up from last night, suggesting that big money is moving away from Rom...
by Rangudu
07 Nov 2012 04:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Indian Interests in US Presidential Election Campaign 2012
Replies: 337
Views: 31807

Re: Indian Interests in US Presidential Election Campaign 20

Looking at the body language of talking heads in Fox and MSNBC, it seems like exit polls are favoring Obama??
by Rangudu
06 Nov 2012 02:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1428065

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Rman, what hidden factors can cause a R win? (1) There is a chance that all the polls have some systematic bias against Romney (2) There is a chance that the GOP "ground game" is somehow orders of magnitude better than Obama's (3) etc. What I'm trying to say is that based purely on the me...
by Rangudu
06 Nov 2012 01:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1428065

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

R-man, I would not be that confident. The wild card will be white vote. If the reps get whites to come out en masse, O couldd be trouble. So who is voting for and has voted for Repubs so far? Greens? Reds? :wink: What you are talking about is called "Bradley Effect" - look it up. The real...
by Rangudu
05 Nov 2012 22:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1428065

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Unless 100+ state level polls done over the last month are systemically biased or erroneous, basic statistics suggests that Obama should win comfortably. There is a class of political pundits whose livelihood is threatened by basic math, so they are trying to peddle a "Dead heat" nonsense....
by Rangudu
27 Oct 2012 04:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012
Replies: 2850
Views: 273840

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012

He went to US for fundraising. There was a 5000$ per plate dinner for him. He must have forgotten to declare what is rightfully his. Didn't he want suspension of US aid? Actually, it appears that it was $$ that Im the Dim had collected in Toronto, that he did not declare while crossing over into US...
by Rangudu
27 Oct 2012 02:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012
Replies: 2850
Views: 273840

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012

Teetar is agog with a rumor that US customs has seized ~$70k of undeclared cash from Imran Khan's possession :)
by Rangudu
27 Oct 2012 02:49
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012
Replies: 2850
Views: 273840

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012

pakis have released a list of banned organizations. http://tribune.com.pk/story/456294/list-of-banned-organisations-in-pakistan/ Surprised that LeT is in there. It has never been formally banned. Anujan That is incorrect. The Lashkar-e-Taiba has been banned in TSP since 2002 , after the Parliament ...
by Rangudu
20 Oct 2012 01:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012
Replies: 2850
Views: 273840

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012

Virupaksha wrote:Rawngudu saar,

Your example is also an perfect example for "torn shirt open fly".
Nope, it is an example of "Open fly, open fly" i.e. if you want Unkil to cut off TSP, then first you cut off TSP. If not, the complaint looks hypocritical.
by Rangudu
20 Oct 2012 01:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012
Replies: 2850
Views: 273840

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012

We are not talking about TSPA killing their own citizens, which is their internal matter. We are talking about TSPA's cross-border terrorism. This is a concern to India. That doesn't take away from the point i.e. US aid to TSPA is baksheesh to maintain influence. To assume that US *wants* Indian ci...
by Rangudu
19 Oct 2012 23:49
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012
Replies: 2850
Views: 273840

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012

RamaY, US military $$ to TSP is baksheesh to buy cooperation, limited or not. By your logic, when India reconciled with Burmese Generals even as they were slaughtering their own people, was India's intentions to see the death of ordinary Burmese? Gleaning intentions from outcomes using a single vari...
by Rangudu
19 Oct 2012 21:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012
Replies: 2850
Views: 273840

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012

Dr. Shiv, The question is not whether US $$/support to TSPA has harmed India. Of course it has and continues to do so. Additionally, there is not question in my mind as to the Cold War period where powerful parts of USG actively aided TSP with a shared intent to harm India (E.g.Khalistan terrorism)....
by Rangudu
19 Oct 2012 19:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012
Replies: 2850
Views: 273840

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012

RD, Boss, my sincere request for you to get to the point, i.e the 'elevator pitch'. I just don't have the time, unlike before, to digest long posts. To your reply above, here's what I'd say: (1) I did not say Unkil needs to keep 'options open', but rather, Unkil needs to keep lines of comm to TSPA. ...
by Rangudu
18 Oct 2012 21:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012
Replies: 2850
Views: 273840

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012

Bro R, you are being facetious. India conntainment or more aptly Hindu containment is a key element of US policy. Yes, one look at Pranab Mukherjee and his ilk makes the world tremble with fear. We talk of the past glory, civilizational history etc. but if you are going to be reductionist, here's s...
by Rangudu
18 Oct 2012 18:37
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012
Replies: 2850
Views: 273840

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012

I respectfully disagree. Resuming suuch a massive amount of aid in a hush hush manner and is not even up for debate (natl security bs) means there is much more than just wanting to maintain leverage. Yup, it's Clinton, the Bilderberg group, Freemasons, Rothschilds and Ambanis all ganging up to thwa...
by Rangudu
18 Oct 2012 03:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012
Replies: 2850
Views: 273840

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012

Tbhen R saar, only the India containment motive explains Hilary didi's decision? Utter nonsense. Unkil does not want to completely sever ties with TSPA, whatever Congress says. That is why they have the 'waiver' clause in these laws in the first place. Hilary's 'decision' has more to do with Legisl...
by Rangudu
18 Oct 2012 02:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012
Replies: 2850
Views: 273840

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012

R-Man, I think TSPA will put on some kind of a dog & pony show. Otherwise hor do you explain Hilary didi's quiet waiver? Also recall Jihadi Lodhi's views I posted. She is after all a RAPE TSPA/ISI mouthpiece. Even a dog and pony show will result in TSPA bloodshed and violence in Pakjabi heartla...
by Rangudu
17 Oct 2012 23:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012
Replies: 2850
Views: 273840

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012

I too disagree with RD for the simple reason that TSPA neither wants to nor will ever attack jihadi held N.Waziristan. Unkil does not have the leverage to force TSPA to do so. More importantly, Kayani and his Crore Commanders know that the jihadi response will be 10x worse than the last time. Rememb...
by Rangudu
12 Oct 2012 05:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012
Replies: 2850
Views: 273840

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012

Would have been fun to spread rumor that she was shot for blasphemy and suddenly hear crickets chirping when all commotion dies down. I remember a wise soul once (fake) tweeting about a Karachi TSPian 'liberal' book fair people condemning Mumtaz Qadri and the immediate spate of denials by all the '...
by Rangudu
04 Oct 2012 05:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP) : 24 July 2012
Replies: 2840
Views: 281841

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP) : 24 July 2

Anujan wrote:Also according to GP he flat out denied that there was an organization called LeT in Pakistan.
Actually Shamshad Ahmad, when he was the top bureaucrat in Punjab, used to regularly visit Muridke LeT HQ - another GP nugget.
by Rangudu
01 Oct 2012 16:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP) : 24 July 2012
Replies: 2840
Views: 281841

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP) : 24 July 2

Normally, Pakistani foreign ministers are Army appointees. Birkin Babe, no exception to that rule, was as well parroting the Army line. So, from where did she get the courage, if that was why the PA is suddenly angry with her, to kick the ladder after climbing it ? It appears to me that the Bilawal...