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To: sukhoi-30mki
It was the Northern Alliance under Achmed Shah Massoud who organized the Mujahadeen against the Russian invasion in the 80's. Rashid Dostum attracted many of the former communist supporters during the war with the Taliban, but Dostum -- an Uzbeck -- has been considerably diminished under the rule of Pashtun Hamid Karzai.

As to those allowed to export democracy, you can't very well export what you don't have. India's government will survive right up until some new extremist group decides to start assassinating leaders, then it will all come tumbling down, with each sect -- Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, and Westernized pseudo-Christian -- scrambling for its share of the wealth.

Even if the government remains relatively stable, the US shares no ideological ground with India. Indeed, that country much more in common with China than with the US. So since India's "friendship" is merely a purchased commodity, it is logical to believe that another consumer willing to pay more can purchase the same friendship out from under us.

20 posted on 11/30/2006 7:33:44 PM PST by IronJack (=)
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To: IronJack

>>As to those allowed to export democracy, you can't very well export what you don't have

I guess that's best left to us Americans, seeing what a bangup job we've done in Irak.

Or Saudi Arabia, or China.


25 posted on 12/01/2006 2:26:19 PM PST by swarthyguy
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To: IronJack; Gengis Khan; CarrotAndStick; Cronos

Im not talking about what happened in the 80s,but the time after the Taliban came to the picture,which you don't want to talk about since the N.A wouldn't have existed if Russia & others hadn't supported them.

About India collapsing into chaos,well dream on.People far more familiar with India know something you don't about the reslience of India's main safety valve-Democracy.

& what exactly is westernised Pseudo Christian???Care to elaborate.


30 posted on 12/01/2006 7:19:40 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
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