Posted on 01/19/2012 4:23:21 AM PST by MBT ARJUN
Yes, but for the purposes of this biased crap article, the Soviets (Evil Empire) are referred to as Russians.
The pro-Russian tilt arose after India was denied American warplanes at the time (and America’s pro-Pakistan tilt was already present), but I’ve never heard of any proposed Indian attack on Diego Garcia. Any links on the subject?
Well it depend on you .Everyone look for their own interest 1st no matter an american or indian ..
And Pakistan was and is an apartheid state where non-muslims are freely attacked and even enslaved.
Siding with Pakistan is like siding with the Third Reich.
Goa wasn't Indian territory. When the Indians invaded, the Goanese fled in droves. The Indian position on Japanese war criminals was that the Japanese perpetrators of Bataan and various other atrocities against Americans and Europeans in the Far East were being railroaded. Indian leaders spent much of the war snuggling up to Imperial Japan, and Mahatma Gandhi was a pretty big fan of Nazi Germany.
Thanks for the heads up.
Exactly friend ,US tillted towards pakis for short term gain but lost in long run even till date they are paying for that.
And Indo-Russia recently celebrated 60years of friendship with Nuke submarine leased for 10years to India..
Yeager: "I stayed in Pakistan for more than a year after the war ended and it was one of the most enjoyable times of my life. From 1972 until we came home in March of 1973, I spent most of my time flying in an F-86 Sabre with the Pakistani fighter outfits. I dearly loved the Sabre, almost as much as I loved the P-51."
Exactly friend ,US tillted towards pakis for short term gain but lost in long run even till date they are paying for that.
And Indo-Russia recently celebrated 60years of friendship with Nuke submarine leased for 10years to India..
But it wasn't. That started very gradually in the 1970's, beginning with alcohol prohibition for Muslims in mid-1970. It's only in the 2000 time frame that Taliban-like incidents have started to occur on a regular basis.
Goa was lost to the Portuguese when they fired on Goan protesters demanding their exit from the territory.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2ZMrsIlnlo
Indian leaders spent much of the war snuggling up to Imperial Japan, and Mahatma Gandhi was a pretty big fan of Nazi Germany.
"Gandhi initially favoured offering "non-violent moral support" to the British effort when World War II broke out in 1939, but the Congressional leaders were offended by the unilateral inclusion of India in the war without consultation of the people's representatives. All Congressmen resigned from office. After long deliberations, Gandhi declared that India could not be party to a war ostensibly being fought for democratic freedom while that freedom was denied to India itself. As the war progressed, Gandhi intensified his demand for independence, calling for the British to Quit India in a speech at Gowalia Tank Maidan. This was Gandhi's and the Congress Party's most definitive revolt aimed at securing the British exit from India."
"Gandhi was criticised by some Congress party members and other Indian political groups, both pro-British and anti-British. Some felt that not supporting Britain more in its struggle against Nazi Germany was unethical. Others felt that Gandhi's refusal for India to participate in the war was insufficient and more direct opposition should be taken, while Britain fought against Nazism yet continued to contradict itself by refusing to grant India Independence. Quit India became the most forceful movement in the history of the struggle, with mass arrests and violence on an unprecedented scale."
Patel: A Life Gandhi, Rajmohan (1990).
Not an essay as such - just commentary by various Indian servicemen on military forums. I don't remember the specific forum, but the keywords to search on would be India, Indira Gandhi, Diego Garcia and invasion or attack.
My sense about Indians is that they are intensely anti-American, even though they may mask that lifelong indoctrination in order to get along. Until the past decade or so, Pakistanis used to be pretty pro-American. That sentiment is probably at least part of what made American policymakers side with Pakistan for most of the post-WWII period. Why make nice with a country that hates your guts? And Pakistan's fervid anti-Americanism in recent years, far exceeding India's antagonism towards the US, is partly the reason for our tilt towards India.
That excerpt just confirms Churchill’s low opinion of Gandhi. What. A. Scumbag.
No.
Non-muslims were being killed and driven out from the start.
Non-muslim girls were being kidnapped and forcibly married since the inception of that state (and probably even longer).
Moderate islam has always been just a fantasy. The only thing that has changed is that as western influence wanes islam comes out of hiding and cities fall back into line with the rest of the country.
Actually, this is true. Pakistan was lost when Jinnah's apparent moderation died with him in 1948. Nonetheless, no country once declared 'Islamic' can escape that fate.
This is precisely the blunders made with regard to Afghanistan and Iraq, allowing both to declare an Islamic "constitution". The vanquished Japanese didn't get to choose like that, so why were the Koranimals provided the privilege?
As a post-colonial response and due to a large Hindi population, India moved left and used the soviets as a blocking agent to help them firm up and develop infrastructure. In the cold war that was perceived as a large domino that had to be counteracted should it fall completely...thus Pakistan. It was only after many years they came around to more capitalistic thinking - still heavy on social projects, but the offset social spending by slower infrastructure projects. The infrastructure really didn’t kick off until the last 15 years and was provided by companies as payment for allowed market access.
The Indian pretext for annexing Goa was pretty weak. By that standard, we’d be within our rights to annex Grenada after Bernard Coard started slaughtering his political opponents.
Give you sense a break.
And Why Indians are anti american ?
?
> Because US president is being loved by Indians more than his own countrymens
>Because US for the 1st time in the history supports India for permanent UNSC SEAT
>For the 1st for an exceptional seat in NSG without signing any CTBT or bonds .
>Supporting India from grass root to top strageic fronts.
So stop B.S and propganda about being Indians are anti americans.
Am an indian and I love US .
Tell me you want some more?
Churchill did play a role in India's Bengal Famine, and apparently regretted it on his deathbed, confiding to his doctor that he was "wrong about India."
- Rediff
LOL, next thing you'll want would be to return the territory between and including California and Texas to the Mexicans!
The Portuguese should have quit when the British left, instead of having to suffer being booted out militarily for trying to support a lost cause.
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