tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post5260593501941891971..comments2024-03-28T05:22:10.255-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: US commander seeks to supplant Russia’s influenceBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-80417672097781572832023-08-28T00:10:41.846-07:002023-08-28T00:10:41.846-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Smith Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05341816660872644449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-23852002762798833992023-08-20T22:30:39.136-07:002023-08-20T22:30:39.136-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Smith Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05341816660872644449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-86535335236919636742018-04-21T01:55:13.109-07:002018-04-21T01:55:13.109-07:00We live in interesting times ! We need to be stron...We live in interesting times ! We need to be strong on our own. Just being non aligned is not enough, it could mean you get screwed by all.<br />Even the powerful and thriving Vijayanagara empire took barely 5 years to collapse once defeated militarily . <br />Hope we develop a lot of local capability , may not be state of art. Where not possible be intelligent and buy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-28502708588390393062018-04-19T20:04:49.247-07:002018-04-19T20:04:49.247-07:00India needs to act fast as it approaches the catas...India needs to act fast as it approaches the catastrophic comsquences of years of failed governance.<br />Our resources need to be invested in education and lifting our population out of poverty and therein lies our security.<br />It is obscene that this Admiral feels that India should be pulled into an alliance which is all about US hegemony in the Pacific and the South China Sea. India can not afford to get involved in the American game.<br />Out security will be obtained by diplomacy and by the pursuit of peace and a vision of achieving (with our neighbours) collective economic prosperity. <br />The aim of this Admiral it seems is to destabilise and worsen Indias relations with China and drive us into a perpetual arms race with weapons bought from the USA - at the cost of our undernourished and uneducated population.<br />Why not give our American Admiral a drive through one of our thousands of slums in our teeming cities, and ask him.<br />“Do you really think should join your warlike alliances and buy your weapons by cutting the stomachs of our Children”.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-24250448086328819882018-04-19T10:31:03.412-07:002018-04-19T10:31:03.412-07:00Off course! This the admiral wants India to be all...Off course! This the admiral wants India to be allied to the United States.<br />This is all about sheer US self interest - And we, lacking long term strategic vision, might well do exactly that.<br />And naturally Some of our Harvard returned, Business Standard readers, think joining up with the US is just cool too.<br />The Indian lumpen twitterriat, and most of the Indian chattering classes agree, the US of A Rocks!<br />Such is America’s overwhelming soft power! <br />But Pay attention!<br />1. The Chinks will be the next superpower. <br />2. They are our neighbours.<br />3. We must not get into an arms race or try and compete with China, we will lose<br />4. Make friends with our biggest neighbour and focus on our own countries economic development.<br />5. Join The Road & Belt, it is somebody else’s idea, but it might lead to good things for all.<br />6. China is set to be the Middle Kingdom. They consider themselves the centre of the world.<br />7. We will never be the centre of the world, we can’t even build enough toilets.<br />Finally: <br />We must tell this US Admiral he can go and F#&* himself. <br />India, Uber ales<br />Jai HindAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com