Comments on: Exercise Delay Shows India-China Rift

By: Roy Smith

Roy Smith — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:47:54 +0000

I was trying to describe a military alliance involving among others,India,Pakistan,Russia,China,Turkey,Iran,the Ukraine,Moldova,Georgia,Azerbaijan,the Central Asian Former Soviet States,various African countries(in fact,from Africa,its easier to count on one hand what African countries aren’t going to be in this alliance,an alliance that counts Liberia among it),& lastly,Afghanistan.
Russia,China,& India all have arms making capabilities & arms industries.For those who say,“so what?”,its like this,Russian,Chinese,& Indian weapons are like the ugly she-male on steroids.They’re not very pretty to look at,but they get the job done.Our(the U.S.) weapons are like a high maintenance supermodel girlfriend.They require a lot of money to maintain,& they don’t expect to get dirty,because as we all well know,they don’t work very well when they’re dirty.

By: Mark Pyruz

Mark Pyruz — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:32:19 +0000

Apparently it’s a stretch for these two countries to cooperate using only a reinforced company of elite paratroopers.
The Indian military suffers from vast deficiencies. General competency is a primary issue. China’s military is more interesting. Historically, its battlefield results are mixed. There were notable successes in Korea. There were also failures at Mukden against the USSR, as well as against the Vietnamese after the US withdrawal.

By: demophilus

demophilus — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:47:56 +0000

Roy:
Except for Russia, it used to be called the Group of 77.

By: Edward Liu

Edward Liu — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:37:17 +0000

I think there’s lots of people in India who would dispute that the Indian government does a good job of keeping its multiple religious groups happy. It’s just that the American news would rather cover Paris Hilton instead of riots where dozens/hundreds of Hindus are killed by Muslims or dozens/hundreds of Muslims are killed by Hindus. It’s happened, and not too far in the recent past.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:26:41 +0000

I wish we would become better allies with India. India seems to do a good job keeping their many religious groups happy, maybe this could be used in Iraq?

By: Roy Smith

Roy Smith — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:58:38 +0000

I’ll make a bold prediction,India & Pakistan will be allies together with Russia & China(If Greece & Turkey could get along in NATO,why not India & Pakistan?).Add Iran & Turkey & the Former Soviet states that make up the membership & observer status of the Collective Security Treaty Organization,the Economic Cooperation Organization(this includes Afghanistan by the way),the GUAM Organization for Democracy & Economic Development(that means Georgia,Moldova,& the Ukraine),& the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.Add to this from Africa,the Arab Maghreb Union,the Common Market for Eastern & Southern Africa(this includes former members),the Community of Sahel-Saharan States,& the Intergovernmental Authority on Development & you get “the ‘Gog-Magog’ Coalition of the Willing.”