Bharat Rakshak

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Henrik:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/c ... 419780.htm

The Chinese are pressing the EU very hard on arms sales.

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This just a Google of news stories on the South China Sea situation where Beijing has militarily asserted itself against Vietnam, Philippines, Japan and intimidated Singapore and even Malaysia. Sorry, I don't know how to embed the link. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls...

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[quote="Arya Sumantra"][quote="Cosmo_R"] No objections to your POV. If you think Pakistan is the strategic enemy so be it you are entitled. I think China is a far greater threat in the longer term. Their intimidation of SE Asian countries is a case in point bu then I'm entitled. ...

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Arya Sumantra ^^^: I still don't understand how planes coming with agreements can be allowed to be treated on par with other planes. I don't either but hey! the Pakis used F-86s, F-104s against us and they had a lot of restrictions on them. Why do we feel we need to observe the letter of the agreeme...

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^^^
By the electricity measure, I can tell you that there were a couple of days in April (coinciding with my being there of course) where the power was out for 8 hours each of three days.

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@RajeshA ^^^Re "America's National Interests in Pakistan" Let's get GE, LM, Boeing and N-G in our corner. We already have Ford, Bechtel etc. You'd be surprised at the clout these guys carry. During the hard sell in 2008 on the nuclear deal, Sen. John Cornyn observed as to how he was surpri...

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Taliban and Nukes ^^^. IMHO, the danger is not that Mulla Omar's men or LeT et al get Paki nukes. The real danger is the Paki army types who man these weapons have become talibanized and do this: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/03/a-modest-proposal-from-the-brigadier/2441/ Not about...

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@GeorgeWelch ^^^

George, I don't know if you saw the article about the British Navy considering F/A-18s in lieu of some of the F-35s. I don't know if it's true but if it is, why do you think they would go for SHs when the Air Force has EF Typhoons and the French would have offered Rafale Ms?

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@enqyoob:"...Khans and BO are too smart to let the Oiropeans, especially EADS, walk away with $10B in assured sales and a stranglehold on the Indian market." True but Schumer just called Infosys a 'chop shop' and the US Congress voted for a $2K fee for H1B visas. This is not going to make ...

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@ambar ^^^ Cowasjee's Sea of Pakistan has come ashore....

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The Yahoo news reporter says: "Indian controlled Kashmir. The header says "Indian-held Kashmir." Blame the Paki editors or maybe even a Indian-pinko

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@ShivaS ^^^: "Some people mistake ad hoc for agile" and he was furious for spotting the obvious in his plans..." Something more like this: "In the first hour of war, all the plans become worthless." or "When someone shoots at you, you make an ad hoc decision to agilely ...

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@Carl_T: "Obama is a great tactical thinker but probably not as strong when it comes to thinking strategically. "

Just kidding but those McKinsey folk having been telling us for umpteen years that "Strategy is an integrated set of tactics..." and other equally anodyne stuff.

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@Manny ^^^ "'You know he didn't get up there by himself, he doesn't belong up there, he doesn't know what to do while he's up there, he's elevated beyond his ability to function, and you just wonder what kind of dumbell put him up there to begin with'.!!" Is he talking about GWB? Reagan? C...

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Don't know if this belongs here but...

http://shekharkapur.com/blog/2010/07/a- ... -in-india/

Very funny and touching at the same time. Shows how much talent there is and how little of it is rewarded or nurtured.

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^^ haha -- Good one Cosmo -- But we are also smart enough to realize that you dont have anything to lose :) That is exactly the the point. Anyone can make the odds because it's just a post. But if one puts one's mouth where one's posts are, one would think a little harder no? IOW, these comments are...

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Mahendra wrote: That must be a really expensive car to use on a soosai mission.

It's the Ultimate Shriving Machine

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The betting currency is wrong. There is no bookie. Who's going to collect? I suggest 'posts' as currency. If you win you get the odds as posts, if you lose you're knocked back to 'trainee'

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Vina wrote: "...there is usually a "short list" of "acceptability" based on perceptions/prejudices/ whatever and whatever happens , those strong mental lines are not crossed."

Very short list indeed. It's called income potential.

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RajeshA. I think you hit it on the head. Had India... etc. The west is not going to let India seize Pakistani assets--their courts won't allow it because of sovereign immunity. Each country where Pakistan has assets will insist it goes through the courts who will throw out the suit unless their gove...

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@jrjrao: " There's a team of crack ISI and CIA people there now," a U.S. official said.."

Perhaps: "There is a team of CIA people on crack there now"?

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RajeshA wrote: The fact, that Pakistan's financial assets, like that of all countries, may be under the care of external financial institutions, over which Pakistan has only a limited leeway, and there are international laws which enable another party to confiscate those assets, plays in our favor. ...

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@Sridhar^^^

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danko_Cvjeti%C4%8Danin

Probably Croatian with paki misspelling

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To get an idea of the various games Hamid Gul plays, Google the following:

uzma gul afghanistan trucking

Now, guess who might be transporting fuel and equipment for the Americans and why this particular trucking company has a good arrival record.

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@ vijayk ^^^ Can Americans sue the Pakistani Government in NY just as the Libyans were for Lockerbie... The answer is no unless the SD declares Pakistan a 'Terrorist State'. Until then, Pakistan has sovereign immunity. I checked this with the lawyer who filed the Lockerbie suit immediately after 26/...

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@ Acharya ^^^

Just Google. Use keywords zbigniew brzezinski about the+afghan mujahadeen

The interview I saw/heard was ~2 years ago.

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^^^ jrjrao: "anchorrette babe" That's Mika Brezhinsky--his daughter who calls him 'Dad' when asking him questions. Zbig is famous in a 1979 NYT article for grabbing an AK-47 in Peshawar and saying "...onward to Kabul" after which the reporter pointed out he was pointing towards I...

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RajeshA wrote: More to the point, the hope is 1. We could be having a functioning BMD 2. We should have full preparation for a nuclear war, with both protective infrastructure, necessary stocks and medicine as well emergency protocols. 3. We could have a far larger military than Pakistan, a better p...

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Shiv wrote: "Very slow and we will suffer. But we have to take them down without hurting ourselves." Agreed. But could GoI give us some hope that we are assisting the Pakis in committing ritual seppuku? Staying out of a knife fight with the Pakis until 2020 is a no brainer our real adversa...

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Sorry for the disconnect. I did not mean to suggest that the Chinese are not sensitive. In fact, they are even more sensitive than we are about the humiliations they have suffered. I am merely saying that the Chinese would not bring this up as the first talking point. They will bide their time and w...

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@CRamS ^^^ You're right. Polgreen and Tavernise follow the NYT ==formula that we have seen from Crossette to Somini Sengupta. But here's the real question: Why is there no Op-Ed piece from Meera Shankar? There may be an anodyne rebuttal by the Press Secy at the Embassy in the Letters section but who...

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brihaspatiji, I am only suggesting that we keep a cool head and deal with Britain on the basis of mutual benefit. The Chinese will and they are not going to rake up the opium wars and such. If (for example) Vedanta raises money in the UK and funds a uranium mine in Namibia and sells yellow cake to I...

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Interesting take http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/deannelson/100041632/david-cameron-is-right-to-create-a-special-relationship-with-india-but-will-it-work/ on Cameron's upcoming visit. I think the point for us Indians to remember (as we keep reminding ourselves all the time) is that there are no pe...

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putnanja wrote: Why doesn't he want Headley's statements to be in public domain?? I think this puts all speculation of good cop/bad cop to rest That's also because GOI then might have to do something about the ISI's role. And right now, they don't want to. Of course, that's been the excuse for the l...

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Pulikeshi wrote:
"If Pillai was told by the left hand to issue a statement, then should not the right hand be prepared to handle the fallout?"

Assuming there is a brain in the middle—yes.

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RamaY wrote: However what CRamS-ji is trying to say, at least as I understood, is that the philosophical, religious and spiritual compromises these so-called intelligent/successful/wealthy Indians are making to gain these political gains demonstrate their moral and intellectual corruption, which is ...

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I believe the bakpaki is referring to 'aflatoxin'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aflatoxin

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Anyone have an idea of what land prices might be in the Nandidurg Rd/Bensontown/ITI Layout area of BLR ? Someone mentioned Rs 5000/sf to me I thought that was pretty shocking! That is more than in Massaland even before GS-inspired meltdown.

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[ ... What is the procedure if a desi-looking guy says he's a US citizen and therefore need not carry a passport? Should they believe him? If you are a green card holder you need to have it with you at all times. If you are a citizen, a drivers license will do fine. If the cops who stop you ( a cit...

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Just a thought: If our power problems are on their way to solution, it may be a good idea to start Kary-Langoor type media hoopla that India can offer an hour of power to some selected sectors of Pakistan; Of course we will have our set up conditions and Pukes will sign of the dotted lines just as ...

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