tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post4654601978744082197..comments2024-03-28T05:22:10.255-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: British question mark lingers over ArunachalBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-17865184081445680072012-07-08T19:49:24.804-07:002012-07-08T19:49:24.804-07:00The only appropriate response should be Manmohan S...The only appropriate response should be Manmohan Singh declaring support for Scottish independence.Observernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-57164539047871142092012-07-08T15:30:57.349-07:002012-07-08T15:30:57.349-07:00Totally agree and well said....India decides it...Totally agree and well said....India decides it's boarders and so does Tibet. China claims everything just ask the phillipines, Japan, vietnam & even Mongolia. I think China has overplayed its hand and all those who say china is so strategic blah blah don't contemplate that the CCP has made the entire world cautious about there rise therefore blundrredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-90426637954442679662012-07-08T14:42:32.013-07:002012-07-08T14:42:32.013-07:00Never expected it from our erstwhile British maste...Never expected it from our erstwhile British masters. But do have we to bother about a color changing chameleon. A weathercock has more value than Milliband.Mr. Ranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-34143051164714914242012-07-08T01:58:14.370-07:002012-07-08T01:58:14.370-07:00The British are opportunists and engaged in their ...The British are opportunists and engaged in their old ways of flaming up disputes between neighbours and taking control of the survivors in the aftermath..<br /><br />Havent we learnt this lesson multitude times? Looks like India never learns its lesson and I was thinking the same thing when I read about a joint defence program on this same blog a few months back....<br /><br />We dont need the British acknowledgement and we should probably acknowledge Argentina's claim over the Falklands at the same time.rohannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-78594121975702061642012-07-08T00:00:03.192-07:002012-07-08T00:00:03.192-07:00The story may have been a little different if Indi...The story may have been a little different if India had bought the Eurofighters from UK. India does not really have any leverage over England's policies instead of the huge diaspora there. They most likely did not even bother to talk to India before declaring their new policy online. On another note, the Brits have really gone down the drain as a nation and people. They can't win a quarterfinal in a major international football tournament, forget about Wimbledon glories, their economy plays fourth fiddle to Germany, France and Italy, they live through their past glories in constant denial of the present realities. And now, they have turned to begging the chinese and selling out whatever self-esteem they are left with. Even India is shocked beyond belief to see how low they have fallen!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-41192902586124993162012-07-07T23:25:24.499-07:002012-07-07T23:25:24.499-07:00None of these change the ground position. We have ...None of these change the ground position. We have AP and they don't. Under no circumstances, India will give this position without a bitter fight. <br />Does it really matter what UK thinks about this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-42702999192999683612012-07-07T22:40:20.820-07:002012-07-07T22:40:20.820-07:00This is an interesting development but does it cha...This is an interesting development but does it changes the Indian position. Are we still dependent on Britain for our claims and disputes.<br /><br />Take a case suppose new British government agrees that Kashmir, Goa and Sikkim are not a part of India. so would India relinquish the claim.<br /><br />Do any shift in the policy of the old power should matter now when they cease to be the power anymore. <br /><br />I think we all should take a break from colonial past and look ahead.Abhishekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379833732810075680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-22223849627156939542012-07-07T22:13:56.651-07:002012-07-07T22:13:56.651-07:00Nobody cares about what the 'Unkill's @ss ...Nobody cares about what the 'Unkill's @ss kisser thinks or says. cheers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-7127540049402158172012-07-07T21:28:27.222-07:002012-07-07T21:28:27.222-07:00If territorial issues were to be arbitrated based ...If territorial issues were to be arbitrated based on Treaties alone, then World would have looked different. What Chinese, British or Indians think does not matter, what matters is what the Tibetans think. If Chinese keep muzzling Tibetan aspirations, someday it will blow-up in their face. So lets be objective here, India stands for freedom of expression at the minimum and independence to follow individual cultures. What does China offer? Golden cage with shackles? Its for Arunachal people to decideAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-53218925795363282882012-07-07T19:05:04.478-07:002012-07-07T19:05:04.478-07:00As usual when controversial statements are made by...As usual when controversial statements are made by foreign governments, in this case our former colonial masters, the Briish involving Indian sovereignty, our leaders especially the Foreign Affairs Ministry is asleep.Most of the northern boundary of India is marked by and based on the Macmohan Line.<br /><br />If the British in their haste to please the Chinese for economic reasons can be so callous as to ascribe the boundary line in favour of the Chinese, it is tantamount to selling Indian territories to another without India's knowledge.<br /><br />The British excel for their perfidy to most of their former colonies. Indian journalists worth their salt should expose such treachery and MPs should raise the matter in parliament.<br /><br />If no action is taken by the GOI, others (British) can dictate their version of the boundary disputes involving India.<br /><br />Col. Shukla, thanks for highlighting the above because most Indians would be unaware of such a controversial statement by the British.the terminatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-29323104990192291542012-07-07T11:32:17.964-07:002012-07-07T11:32:17.964-07:00India should Never have recognized Tibet as a part...India should Never have recognized Tibet as a part & parcel of China.<br /><br />This recognition actually <b>negates</b> our claim on Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin, because these 2 territories were once part of sovereign Tibet !Abhimannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-14595541157255211652012-07-07T06:48:56.412-07:002012-07-07T06:48:56.412-07:00Col. Shukla-
There was some mention in the press ...Col. Shukla-<br /><br />There was some mention in the press about Milibands statement earlier. But, as usual, we slept.. or ignored warning bells.<br /><br />I think that the Chinese need to be commended for assiduously working towards ensuring their supreme national interests, legitimate or illegitimate , never suffer. They play for keeps, keeping the long term view.<br /><br />We, unfortunately, simply ignore most strategic national issues keeping our blinders on.<br /><br />Thanks for bringing this article to the forefront, hopefully someone in the corridors of power decides not to ignore it totally, if not act on it.Heberiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-27627595367514293752012-07-07T05:29:50.134-07:002012-07-07T05:29:50.134-07:00Either Miliband was breathtakingly ignorant and my...Either Miliband was breathtakingly ignorant and myopic or it was calculated - I suspect the former. <br /><br />In either case, his comments were on behalf of the British Government. Both he and the British Government need to be taken to task on this issue. <br /><br />The Brits have bumbled and created havoc in almost all colonies they ruled and then left (apart from the white antipedeon ones). Most of these colonies are still picking up the pieces. <br /><br />India needs to respond appropriately and in a calculated way over a period of time - important contracts and benefits should go elsewere and the British and their self importance should be slowly dismissedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-29374371506684349192012-07-07T00:21:44.729-07:002012-07-07T00:21:44.729-07:00You must be commended for having brought to light ...You must be commended for having brought to light the pathbreaking and from Indian point of view controversial statement of Milliband over Tibet.Surely,India must be aware of this change of policy by the British and have kept quiet because of its vast consequences with regard to the Macmohan Line. Hope someone raises the matter in Parliament as vast terrtories of our North Eastern States will be involved.Krishna Kackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05499575868847517118noreply@blogger.com