tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post6789959079229053523..comments2024-03-28T05:22:10.255-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: Hekmatyar’s windfallBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-45715521329713563122012-09-06T03:41:44.351-07:002012-09-06T03:41:44.351-07:00Shukla @unknown name is Vivek. Little sensitivity ...Shukla @unknown name is Vivek. Little sensitivity to names please....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-50052194278638737072012-09-06T00:29:46.910-07:002012-09-06T00:29:46.910-07:00@ Unknown
Thanks for your (somewhat backhanded) c...@ Unknown<br /><br />Thanks for your (somewhat backhanded) compliments!<br /><br />I don't think pieces like this one would find a place in the NYT, or many other western newspapers. They are stuck in some strange paradigm of reporting on Afghanistan, in which they faithfully report what Washington is saying and doing... without realizing that all that the US is doing is flailing like a drowning man... and that it will have very little on the eventual outcome.<br /><br />That outcome will be determined as much by several other emerging actors... Hekmatyar being just one amongst them. But there's a cultural gulf between these emerging actors and the western orientation of these western journalists that makes it difficult for them to comprehend the game. And so they head back to their confused sources in Washington!<br /><br />I don't write for that audience. I write for Indian policymakers... and for Indians who would be culturally more attuned to events in Afghanistan.Broadswordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-15535456309250518582012-09-05T22:35:47.488-07:002012-09-05T22:35:47.488-07:00Why doesn't somebody send hit-man to silence s...Why doesn't somebody send hit-man to silence such threats, when these are well-known entities causing trouble? Indian political leadership of 50 years (congress party) lacks vision and incapable of deciding who to support, hence they take votes from Hindus and support Muslims. We need leaders who can take decisive action against our arch-enemies and make such an example that the whole Ummah will remember what happens when they deal with Indians.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-51754462399847225212012-09-05T19:10:33.306-07:002012-09-05T19:10:33.306-07:00Sir, have you considered writing for news sources ...Sir, have you considered writing for news sources other than Business Standard?<br /><br />I've been reading your reports and opinion pieces for a long time, and even though I often disagree with you, lets be honest, you've moved past the 'defence reporter' stage. <br /><br />Take this article for example - one of the most interesting pieces I've read on your blog so far, and you've got a grand total of two comments on it. Both inane. But in a journal like say.. Foreign Policy or heck why not... the New York Times, it would lead to more constructive debate and discussion. <br /><br />Something to keep in mind perhaps.<br /><br />VivekUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14157477142062644931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-73537460260478217292012-09-04T09:15:58.996-07:002012-09-04T09:15:58.996-07:00There is no best way for stopping such types of ci...There is no best way for stopping such types of civil wars, where none is interested to compromise and there are no longstanding common points except the general destruction. So let this war be continued especially in South Afghanistan. Meanwhile India has to watch and work as per its own suitable interests. Mr. RAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-62455714525597851322012-09-04T08:46:32.531-07:002012-09-04T08:46:32.531-07:00can't wait... to see ttp... quetta shoora... H...can't wait... to see ttp... quetta shoora... Haqqani network... panjabi's... Islami's... take the real source of power... the middle east/mediteranian power centers... or will they remain for eternity... masters slaves... sqabbling over the left over... bones...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com