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by Samudragupta
26 May 2013 16:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Afghanistan News & Discussion
Replies: 3997
Views: 611663

Re: Afghanistan News & Discussion

mahadevbhu wrote:Would the Arjun tank do well in Afghanistan?
Afghanistan is not much a tankable country....and no India probably is not going to supply the military hardware to the Afghans....forget Arjun....
by Samudragupta
23 May 2013 13:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Af-Pak -> Pak-Af Watch
Replies: 4017
Views: 518278

Re: Af-Pak -> Pak-Af Watch

Afghan response to the spate of attacks over the last week has started: A bomb planted in a rickshaw tore through a vehicle used by security forces in #Quetta on Thursday, killing at least 12 people, police said. Why do the Afghan response not reaching Punjab...if at it is an Afghan response becaus...
by Samudragupta
13 May 2013 21:42
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India-China War 2013 - Trigger: Incursion into India
Replies: 671
Views: 91537

Re: India-China War 2013 - Trigger: Incursion into India

"The Indian withdrawal from the trilateral exercise occurred BEFORE the Chinese border intrusion in eastern Ladakh." Each time India does China a favor, the latter kicks sand in India's face. So, AFTER the Ladakh intrusion, perhaps India should change its mind and join the above exercise ...
by Samudragupta
12 May 2013 09:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Feb 21, 2013
Replies: 2843
Views: 305151

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Feb 21, 2013

Not to start a flame war but it seems Punjab is taking over the subcontinent.... :D
by Samudragupta
29 Apr 2013 21:01
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Future Strategic Scenario for the Indian Subcontinent -II
Replies: 4264
Views: 519662

Re: Future Strategic Scenario for the Indian Subcontinent -I

Return of the British in the East of Suez I s Britain quietly re-establishing a permanent, strategic military presence in the Middle East, reversing a 1960s decision to withdraw UK forces from "east of Suez"? It is a question posed and addressed in a detailed report published on Monday by...
by Samudragupta
21 Apr 2013 19:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 12577
Views: 1317623

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

As the Syrian civil war gets ever more violent and destructive, there is a big beneficiary: al-Qaeda and its franchise in Syria, Jabhat al-Nusra — which is now the fastest-growing al-Qaeda front in the world, attracting fighters from across the Islamic world. Today it's focused on destroying the Ba...
by Samudragupta
16 Apr 2013 22:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Future Strategic Scenario for the Indian Subcontinent -II
Replies: 4264
Views: 519662

Re: Future Strategic Scenario for the Indian Subcontinent -I

The chorus for Modi as PM of India solving the centuries of entrenched problems is growing louder.....in as much Modi even if he wins this battle wont be able to solve the problem of Ganga...the need of the hour is more instability and chaos in the Gangetic basin....only a person who understands the...
by Samudragupta
16 Apr 2013 21:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Af-Pak -> Pak-Af Watch
Replies: 4017
Views: 518278

Re: Af-Pak -> Pak-Af Watch

Afghan president Hamid Karzai on Sunday instructed Afghan defense ministry, interior ministry, foreign ministry and other related organizations to take immediate actions in order to remove security check posts and other military institutions created by Pakistani military on Durand line. This comes ...
by Samudragupta
16 Mar 2013 12:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 12577
Views: 1317623

Re: West Asia News and Discussions

vic wrote:Now the point is if Syria and Iran will retaliate by funding Shia-Sunni divide in Yemen, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Pakistan etc etc
Isn't they are doing this already!!!
by Samudragupta
03 Mar 2013 15:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 2752
Views: 534144

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

Hindus under attack in Bangladesh Daily Star reports that on Saturday alone, members of the Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir have attacked and destroyed six temples and set fire to several Hindu houses and business in Noakhali, Gaibandha, Chittagong, Rangpur, Sylhet, Chapa...
by Samudragupta
02 Mar 2013 15:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 2752
Views: 534144

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

Nothing strange. JEI is the main Islamist org in WB and Northern India. If Hasina Govt. comes back to power and bans the JEI it will be a big blow to Islamists in Bd. If JI is banned that will be greatest setback for the fightback against Islamism...because if that happens it means Al will be in co...
by Samudragupta
02 Mar 2013 13:58
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 2752
Views: 534144

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

The administration is keeping a close eye on the developments across the border. In Kolkata, security around the Bangladesh High Commission in Park Circus has been stepped up following several Muslim organisations in the city showing solidarity with the Jamaat. " :rotfl: The Bangladesh governm...
by Samudragupta
02 Mar 2013 08:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 2752
Views: 534144

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

I think this incident is not entirely against mullahcracy or Islamism...Bangladesh has still not reached the Iranian stage yet..the current situation is more akin to the result of deep resentment against the upper riverine plains where JI is being seen as continuation of the entity...but the Islamis...
by Samudragupta
29 Jan 2013 08:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Dec 25, 2012
Replies: 2857
Views: 290465

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

I wonder if India, consumed by "Hindu terror" is even contemplating this so obvious a game plan of TSP.
Do TSP and its Fathers can stop this once it lits up.....Hindu Gov in Ganga is not in the interest of Indus....
by Samudragupta
26 Jan 2013 17:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Future Strategic Scenario for the Indian Subcontinent -II
Replies: 4264
Views: 519662

Re: Future Strategic Scenario for the Indian Subcontinent -I

B Ji who is funding the Barelvis? certainly not Iran and KSA? may be KuwaitQatar????
by Samudragupta
26 Jan 2013 09:00
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Interests
Replies: 6458
Views: 827194

Re: Indian Interests

ramana wrote:BTW Pranab Mukherjee used the words "moral compass needs to be reset"!!!
Ramanna Ji I feel

I am getting the feeling Pranab Mukherjeee would have become PVNR 2.0 and hence sidelined.....
by Samudragupta
20 Jan 2013 13:06
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: French military action in Mali
Replies: 171
Views: 17414

Re: French military action in Mali

The developments in Mali should wake up people and help them understand that tackling Islamic militancy is a long term issue - the use of military means is only one aspect of it.Under no circumstance should an organization like Ansar Dine be allowed to take hold of countries - no matter how decrepi...
by Samudragupta
14 Jan 2013 21:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Open Letter to Indian Political Leaders about Pakistan
Replies: 148
Views: 16255

Re: Open Letter to Indian Political Leaders about Pakistan

The only messege i get from the actions of the leaders and forgive me Shiv for this post....India as a nation is not prepared to put the society in the state of war...we are still in the nation building stage....a disastrous war at this stage will be death knell for the civilizational revival....
by Samudragupta
06 Jan 2013 18:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Iran's Identity Faultlines - Islamic / Aryan
Replies: 256
Views: 29298

Re: Iran's Identity Faultlines - Islamic / Aryan

RajeshA ji, didn't the Prophet say something about an eastward jab in Ghazwat-ul-Hind before the Mahdi moves west from Khorasan to Jerusalem? Well, if circumstances are an indication, then the hour is nigh. If Iran is to morph from being Persian Pu$$y to Mahdi Army, then first it must give a fittin...
by Samudragupta
06 Jan 2013 13:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Dec 25, 2012
Replies: 2857
Views: 290465

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

Indian troops may have struck Sawan Patra checkpoint in POK
by Samudragupta
06 Jan 2013 00:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Iran News and Discussions
Replies: 3300
Views: 577623

Re: Iran News and Discussions

Dont the people running Tehran and Iran get it? The western nations are out to effect a regime change in Iran? So that the Islamic revolution of 1979 is rolled back? What do you expect the Iranians to do? The west has already accepted nuclear Iran...in fact they want a strong Shia Iran as it suits ...
by Samudragupta
03 Jan 2013 10:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Af-Pak -> Pak-Af Watch
Replies: 4017
Views: 518278

Re: Af-Pak -> Pak-Af Watch

The erasure of Durrand Line and the correponding of Jihadisation from Hindukush to Punjab takes us back to the Gaznavi only this time eqquiped with nukes.....For India its more an opportunity than threats when the unfinished buisness on 14th Jan 1761 can be completed...the increase of the monetary i...
by Samudragupta
30 Dec 2012 21:09
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Pakiban- Origins, Composition, Tactics and Leadership
Replies: 247
Views: 44006

Re: Pakiban- Origins, Composition, Tactics and Leadership

The Pashtun people have been unfairly dismissed as supporters of the Taliban, even though most of the victims of Taliban terrorism have been Pashtuns, from Afghan construction workers being killed, respected tribal elders being executed in Waziristan to girl’s schools being bombed in Swat. The ster...
by Samudragupta
30 Dec 2012 19:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Af-Pak -> Pak-Af Watch
Replies: 4017
Views: 518278

Re: Af-Pak -> Pak-Af Watch

The poison of Arab fundamentalism in Afghanistan The Arab militants have always viewed Afghanistan as their staging area for glory in Central Asia. Even Osama Bin Laden and many other Arab fanatics were cheer leading Afghans over a false claim that Afghanistan is Khorasan, and from this land, the b...
by Samudragupta
30 Dec 2012 00:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 2752
Views: 534144

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

In short Indo-Bangladesh relations may play a part in the Bangladesh elections next year . Yet like in most countries foreign policy will not determine the future course of politics in Bangladesh. Determining factor will be the compromise formula on the mechanism of holding the next elections. Othe...
by Samudragupta
29 Dec 2012 23:47
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Replies: 2752
Views: 534144

Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion

Taking strong exception to Turkey seeking "clemency" for those accused of the 1971 war crimes, Bangladesh has asked it to explain why it is interfering in the ongoing trial of these suspects, most of whom belonged to the hardline Jamaat-e-Islami party. "The Turkish move surprised us,...
by Samudragupta
02 Dec 2012 17:59
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: A Mirror on Pakistan: In their own words by Pakistanis
Replies: 108
Views: 33569

Re: A Mirror on Pakistan: In their own words by Pakistanis

Why not Taraq Fateh and Hassan Nissar contribute in this thread???. :) .Any body listening???
by Samudragupta
25 Nov 2012 20:10
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: China Military Watch - Jan 11, 2011
Replies: 6593
Views: 1240301

Re: China Military Watch - Jan 11, 2011

Wong

Why Do the Chinese need AC?
by Samudragupta
18 Nov 2012 12:38
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Preparing for Defeat by the Dragon
Replies: 208
Views: 28511

Re: Preparing for Defeat by the Dragon

Bheeshma wrote: The Rafale seems to have scared the chinese shitless.

Can u validate this statement???
by Samudragupta
15 Nov 2012 21:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Afghanistan News & Discussion
Replies: 3997
Views: 611663

Re: Afghanistan News & Discussion

The only solution if the Afghans wants to avoid civil war is to allow the ANSF to invade FATA and NWFP after US troops leave...Indians will be happy to provide millitary support to them....
by Samudragupta
12 Nov 2012 00:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012
Replies: 2850
Views: 289764

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012

Americans are realizing after more than a decade that they are in fact a conventional fighting force and not a counterinsurgency hence focusing back to their traditional role through the Pivot....they will not commit any further in Afghanistan neither they will be interested in Pakistan...they are l...
by Samudragupta
11 Nov 2012 22:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012
Replies: 2850
Views: 289764

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Oct 4 2012

Shia's are hitting back in Karachi....there is an open war between the ISO and the ASWJ...141 Shias were killed by the Sunnat brigade and in retaliation ISO have killed 66 ASWJ cadres...ISO Shia students organisation is out of control of its leaders and mostly Quds have infiltrated the top hierarchy...
by Samudragupta
11 Nov 2012 13:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Iran News and Discussions
Replies: 3300
Views: 577623

Re: Iran News and Discussions

The Guardian of Pakistan’s Shia The town of Parachinar, located in a far-flung corner of western Pakistan, is fondly called by some Iranian Shiites “Little Iran.” The majority of the town’s residents are ethnic Pashtuns who belong to the Shia faith. It is also the capital of Kurram Agency, one of t...
by Samudragupta
10 Nov 2012 11:59
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 15 Jan 201
Replies: 781
Views: 63685

Re: Pakistan : A new way of looking

The Koranic concept of War by Brig. SK Malik...

http://wolfpangloss.files.wordpress.com ... of-war.pdf

This is another book part of the course curriculum of the Staff College Quetta
by Samudragupta
08 Nov 2012 21:59
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 15 Jan 201
Replies: 781
Views: 63685

Re: Pakistan : A new way of looking

"India : A study in profile" by Lt-Col Javed Hassan India had a "poor track record at projection of its power beyond its frontier" and its performance in "protecting its own freedom and sovereignty" was hopeless. This resulted from the weakness of the 'Hindu' character...