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India and China agree to form partnership
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| 11 April 2005
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Posted on 04/11/2005 4:45:11 AM PDT by Jeff Head
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To: mainepatsfan
Which means they still would have had to sink American ships and we would have been in the war anyway. FDR was not going to let Germany invade Britain.
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posted on
04/11/2005 5:30:40 AM PDT
by
Americanexpat
(A strong democracy through citizen oversight.)
To: Americanexpat
True but I'm not sure the Germans would have needed to in order to get Britain to sign an armistice.
To: Jeff Head
I just checked out the Dragon Fury...it looks like Asia vs. the West in that one.
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posted on
04/11/2005 5:59:44 AM PDT
by
el_doctor2
(Pope John Paul the Great...Dziekuje)
To: Jeff Head
Do we not think the days of the old wars are over? Would countries still try to invade other countries and take them over? I kinda thought we were past all of that nonsense?
No?
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posted on
04/11/2005 6:14:25 AM PDT
by
sunnysky
To: Srirangan; Jeff Head
India would never enter into a strategic partnership with China, as long as China sustains Pak.
India has been pushed into this by the US selling weapons to Pak. India may see that they have no choice but to dance with the devil and hope not to get too burned.
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posted on
04/11/2005 6:14:25 AM PDT
by
Cronos
(Never forget 9/11)
To: Jeff Head
We MUST get very close to India militarily if your books are not to become prophecies. As much as I like 'em, I really wouldn't want them to come true!
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posted on
04/11/2005 6:16:10 AM PDT
by
Cronos
(Never forget 9/11)
To: minus_273; datura; Gengis Khan; Jeff Head
india was a warsaw pact ally and a socialist state..
What are you talking about? India was not part of the Warsaw pact. It say the USSR and Russia as an ally against China. That's why they are still very close to Russia. What you're spouting is cold-war claptrap and that's precisely what is keeping India from becoming our staunchest ally even though we both face the same threats. Cold war dead-beats in the Pentagon who can't think beyond the USSR are calling the WRONG shots.
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posted on
04/11/2005 6:18:44 AM PDT
by
Cronos
(Never forget 9/11)
To: mainepatsfan
I think even Hitler after 1940 realized a cross channel invasion would be very difficult. Even if the Luftwaffe had established air superiority over Britain it would have been very tough. They probably would have focused on the u-boat blockade and attacking the British in the Mediterranean.
If they managed to blocade Britain sufficiently, they could have easily starved her to surrender. The US would NOT have joined in. Remember hitler was a fool -- HE declared war on US, not the other way around.
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posted on
04/11/2005 6:19:59 AM PDT
by
Cronos
(Never forget 9/11)
To: Cronos
I've always wondered what FDR would have done if Hitler had told the Japanese they were on their own after Pearl Harbor?
The u-boats would have brought Britain to the negotiating table eventually. Look at the hell they caused the British even when Germany was also at war with the USA and the USSR.
To: Jeff Head
The largest and most destructive land battle fought in Asia in WWII was the Battle of Kohima, in India, between the Chindits and the Japanese. It was considered a second Verdun, with the Japanese force being virtually wiped out to a man. At that time, the British-led Indians and Nationalist Chinese were allies fighting against Imperial Japan.
To: bowzer313
Countries are not going to invade other countries like they used to. This is 2005. It won't happen. The world would not allow it. Perhaps I have my rose colored glasses on?
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posted on
04/11/2005 6:31:53 AM PDT
by
sunnysky
To: Jeff Head
And last week or so, Khannie-Boy and another were bashing me about stating this!
Now, where are those boys?
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posted on
04/11/2005 6:40:24 AM PDT
by
Redleg Duke
(Don't let Terri's death be in vain!)
To: sunnysky
"Countries are not going to invade other countries like they used to. This is 2005. It won't happen. The world would not allow it. Perhaps I have my rose colored glasses on?"
You mean, it won't happen, like when the US invaded Afghanistan and Iraq?
To: sunnysky
They said the same thing after WWI...the war to end all wars. We are foolish if we think that totalitarian governments, particularly if they are big enough (like China) will not invade other countries of they think it is to their ultimte advantage.
Saddam tried it a few years ago...and he wasn't that big and it took half the world to put that one back. If China were to work out economic and or military agreements to preclude enough nations from "not allowing it", then they might well make a move. Eternal vigilance is the answer, and being prepared.
The quote of Thosmas Payne comes to mind when he spoke of why it was important for the people to remained armed. He said that while it would be a great world if no one was armed and every one treated each other equitably, he ended up by saying, "because some will not, we dare not"...go unarmed. The same principle applieson the macro scale with nations.
The Rising Sea Dragon in Asia
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posted on
04/11/2005 6:43:58 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: bowzer313
Another front of World War II that most people don't know about. The Japanese got their clocks cleaned.
To: Srirangan
You are right about this being over-blown. As well as the Paki problem. Surprising how many naive folks at FR will believe that India and China will form an alliance. Who was it who said "there is a sucker born every minute"?
However, you are incorrect regarding trade. China has a trade imbalance not only with India but also with Brazil, Argentina, Australia, Indonesia, and a few other countries.
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posted on
04/11/2005 7:16:49 AM PDT
by
razoroccam
(Then in the name of Allah, they will let loose the Germs of War (http://www.booksurge.com))
To: Srirangan
WE have agreed to sell F-16s to the Indian Air Force the chinese would love to get their hands on the avionics. The Chinese are purchasing the Su-30 series airframe from the Soveits and it is an airframe that with improved avionics would eclipse the F-16 and even the cahrlie model F-15 and the basic F/A-18
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posted on
04/11/2005 7:18:28 AM PDT
by
reluctantwarrior
(Strength and Honor, just call me Buzzkill for short......)
To: Saberwielder
Exactly. India is being very pragmatic about it.
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posted on
04/11/2005 7:19:33 AM PDT
by
razoroccam
(Then in the name of Allah, they will let loose the Germs of War (http://www.booksurge.com))
To: Cronos
i didnt say india was in the warsaw pact, they were allied with the soviets against us.
To: minus_273
And you got what grade in World History 101?
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posted on
04/11/2005 7:48:36 AM PDT
by
ekidsohbelaas
(Mithun Da ki jai... Maa ka Aarshidwaad jo hai....)
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