tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post8867931998918091272..comments2024-03-28T05:22:10.255-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: Manmohan's visit to Washington: success or failure?Broadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-10053012284004563192009-12-03T06:41:53.276-08:002009-12-03T06:41:53.276-08:00Sorry Ajai. OT.
President Obama is for change?
Fu...Sorry Ajai. OT.<br /><br />President Obama is for change?<br />Funny (but real) comedy script on what's 'changed'.<br /><br />http://storyballoon.org/videos/saturday-night-live-makes-fun-of-obama-100409/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-82731234931281348692009-12-03T06:34:36.985-08:002009-12-03T06:34:36.985-08:00Nobody gives you esteem you have to have your own....Nobody gives you esteem you have to have your own.... And the more you update and upgrade the more you will be in current... else you are past... mkkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-57498275510144102572009-12-02T23:59:40.316-08:002009-12-02T23:59:40.316-08:00well no body wants to fight to China, not even Ind...well no body wants to fight to China, not even India, they just want to stay cautious and China being a commy nation automatically puts it under US crosshairs, dont buy into Ofama's sweet talk with Bao, he's just being diplomatic, on any given day US will support India over Pak and China, India is a natural democracy and US will have no moral support to come in India's way. Tawang is not US business and Taiwan well they may talk peace but they will get US support if war breaks against china, moreover Taiwan also showed interset in the brahmos if i remember correctly, we will arm them with lethal weapons and China will be appauled by its losses. The fact is any war with China will quickly spiral upto include Japan, South korea, Taiwan, US, India. we arent the only nation who has long standing disputes with China. hence need not worry about US because on any given day they will support a democracy over a commy and a terrorist nation.<br /><br />Indo-US friendship is a rather new one and well you gotta look at the sanctions in the past from US POV, when they saw the BJP led NDA govt. which is sort of an hindu extremist party in the country thanx to Babri and involvement in other secular disputes, even i being an indian would be have been cautious with India. When our country puts retards in power well the world watches. I prefer a frienship that builds up slowly than a friendship that is kinda seductive since day one. so its best india and US take their time understanding eachother's concerns. India and US are natural allies and in order to rid our selves of the terror problem, we need to send a few troops to afgan and help in the trainign of local forces because for terrain like afghan Indian army and paramilitray forces can provide the best training, the ISAF is not as well trained in this terrain and tactics. I think a few platoons from the sikh regiment, BSF, ITBP, light sikh infantry, should be sent to Afghan in a covert manner to train the afghan police, paramilitary and army. I am a air plane full of experienced soldiers to afghan can be done without causing much alarm with a small arrangement with the US, i am sure the PAks wouldnt even know. besides afghans can speak urdu, some even speak hindi...its easy for us to train them. what say ye. Ajay sahab may be you can suggest this to some high ranking politicos if you know any, but offcourse we have to covert or the Pukis will start b****ing again. besides just helping with infra developement, such traning will give us an ally on the other side of PAk if push comes to shove, for the afghans to be good friends we should take more infra projects in afgan. may be sell them at anyway lower prices than western counter parts dhruvs, future LOHs, LCH helos, Arjuns, MTAs, about 4-5 squadrons of LCA mk-1s with Kaveri and local avionics , may be even PAKFA eventually, good way to build alliance is to help in military build up and since we have many back channels into afgan we can succeed in arming them well and win over their hearts. more investment into afghan is welcome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-18576141376579697732009-12-02T10:17:20.994-08:002009-12-02T10:17:20.994-08:00Ajaiji,
You can gauge what takes priority by the ...Ajaiji,<br /><br />You can gauge what takes priority by the amount of news coverage received by the couple that crashed the party at White House compared with the coverage received by Manmohan Singhji. <br />Lack of substance in the meeting of state heads was compensated by the media circus over the Salahis. Enough said.Vijayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03790884680860098906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-13804281959573155832009-12-02T09:09:13.423-08:002009-12-02T09:09:13.423-08:00Obama has a tough job on his hands, both inside th...Obama has a tough job on his hands, both inside the US and outside. It would have been a very tough ride for any president, leave alone someone like Obama (who's trying to be nice guy to a population that is refusing to accept the inevitability of change). I'm glad he's being forceful in Afghanistan, unlike on the health care debate. If America fails in Afghanistan, India is in for a lot of trouble... you know that. A resurgent Taliban would target India in ways that make the 26/11 attacks look like child's play. India has a vested interest in making sure Obama is successful in Af-Pak. And we have 18 months to do it... after that US public opinion will turn against the war, and India's on it's own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-19189730493943150422009-12-02T04:21:41.349-08:002009-12-02T04:21:41.349-08:00Why would anybody in the current US administration...Why would anybody in the current US administration want to fight China? At this point, any Chinese move to take over Taiwan will be met with a few security council 'meetings' which China will veto.<br /><br />That's Taiwan. What's Tawang?? Do you think that President Obama cares if Tawang is controlled by India or China?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-78687757045628673832009-12-02T00:19:12.611-08:002009-12-02T00:19:12.611-08:00If India and USA do not fight together against Chi...If India and USA do not fight together against China than both will loose the war. The world will not be safe in the hands of Chinese communist dictators. Free democracies should learn that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-178723135075676172009-12-02T00:03:25.075-08:002009-12-02T00:03:25.075-08:00another 'buy from Russia only' fella...Two...another 'buy from Russia only' fella...Two Su-30 crashes both due to technical failures, over 1/2 of our BVR missiles from Russia not working and malfunction well before end of shelf life, Gorshkov delayed till god knows when, submarine poor quality rejections, Russian equipment except the AK is as reliable as Pakistani Govt. still people want to buy from Russia, when was the last time they made a real cutting edge weapon that actually works when it needs to. Even the infamour su-30 had to keep its radars off when it wento UK and US because they knew if the US got a whiff of the radar frequencies the aircraft could be jammed and many critical functions would not function anymore. dont get me wrong Russia lately has a piss poor record. moreover they have no control over the sale of their arms and any idiot can copy them and we have China a major threat all using copies of russian stuff. the chinese being chinese thats as orginal as it gets. Russian stuff is rugged ut not reliable and hence they have no chance in the MRCA even with full-tot coz the mig-35 is just a patched up mig-29 with new gizmos and it would disastrous to buy them, IAF knows this. US is going to be an important strategic partner and hence no sense worrying about politics, two large democracies; its a natural partnership besides the US would rather have a strong India than a strong China in Asia. India has the H-bomb, the Agni-3 on a lighter payload and added stages can hit targets well over 10000km away, even the Agni-2 with RV, HAM can hit targets over 4000km away, we have the ability, just do not need ICBMs as long as we can hit China is good enough, we have no enemies beyond Asia. The hi-tech manufactoring wont come in as long as we keep depending on Russia alone since most russia deals have very little private sector inclusion only the su-30mki has a limited amount of private companies yet its far less than how western vendors go in far more private sector joint ventures etc, this will bring up the overall tech level in the country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-57716055277118086952009-12-01T09:15:57.081-08:002009-12-01T09:15:57.081-08:00Excellent article Shuklajee! Easily the best on th...Excellent article Shuklajee! Easily the best on the PM's US visit so far!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-50360325151810627602009-12-01T08:49:54.163-08:002009-12-01T08:49:54.163-08:00we should not start begging hi-tech weapons from a...we should not start begging hi-tech weapons from america....we should build them ourself...or buy from russia only....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-44759063029687769542009-12-01T07:55:04.009-08:002009-12-01T07:55:04.009-08:00Success or failure is a very childish way to gauge...Success or failure is a very childish way to gauge the Indo-US ties. As US slowly weakens from it's current dominant position in the world stage and China starts flexing it's muscle, India and US are the only counter weights for the Chinese dragon. US has already realized this and that is why it is trying to get close to India. <br /><br />Obama's policy of appeasement towards all is taken as a sign of weakness not humility. His recent visit to China was mocked by the headline "Obama goes to China, comes back with a T-Shirt". Chinese did not yield anything to him. Obama's policies are already becoming unpopular and questionable in the eye's of US public and his popularity has start to erode. Maybe it's too early to judge his presidency but his smooth talk and big words does not seem to translate into anything beneficial to the US public.<br /><br />The problem is, India is still sleeping in it's perennial couch of comfort.India doesn't have any way to counter the Chinese threat either militarily, economically or diplomatically. Dragon is on the move while the elephant lumbers on. Let's see how much man and Lion is in Mr. ManMohan Singh and what he does about this.AKhttp://ak47.yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-22381579438707731882009-12-01T07:51:37.858-08:002009-12-01T07:51:37.858-08:00Ajai,
There is a growing opposition in the US agai...Ajai,<br />There is a growing opposition in the US against war in Afghanistan (and Iraq). We could see a temporary surge in troop levels but the proposed War Tax could force a decision as early as next December.<br /><br />What should India's response be to yet another power vacuum in Afghanistan?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-73505638879812265162009-12-01T07:43:04.343-08:002009-12-01T07:43:04.343-08:00I agree with Ajay. We seem to perfer style over su...I agree with Ajay. We seem to perfer style over substance. Wonder why? Is it a civilisational trait?Yogander Singhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13471625771296213835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-72372233756408903662009-12-01T07:37:10.925-08:002009-12-01T07:37:10.925-08:00a big failure I can say........I we look at the ou...a big failure I can say........I we look at the outcome....and our present negotiation power....what say ajai.........!LeT mE tHiNkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251042402492950641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-50223386323332101312009-12-01T01:49:27.810-08:002009-12-01T01:49:27.810-08:00There is no alternative to self-effort to elevate ...There is no alternative to self-effort to elevate one's own nation. <br /><br />India has to make a H-bomb, ICBMs and a Hi-tech manufacturing economy to achieve the status it wants.<br /><br />No point trying to goad the falling dinosaur to keep fighting the dragon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-50616160930959136002009-12-01T01:44:00.268-08:002009-12-01T01:44:00.268-08:00stop worrying about politics..........we will conc...stop worrying about politics..........we will concentrate on defence......arms and equipmentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-588389311186891282009-12-01T01:04:07.471-08:002009-12-01T01:04:07.471-08:00well russia shouldn't be complaining, we still...well russia shouldn't be complaining, we still buy ships, subs, missiles, fighters from them...plus PAKFA, other new projects show that even if Indian goes for a few US deals..wont hurt much at all. Russia should get used to competition for such deals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com