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India-Pakistan
India says 'no' to US Iraqi troop request
2003-09-13
India cannot send soldiers to help the United States in Iraq because its forces are too busy fighting Islamic separatists in Kashmir, a senior Indian defence official said on Friday.
And Pakland can't send them because they're busy training the guys the Indians are fighting...
US Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca raised the issue again in New Delhi this week after India turned down Washington's request in July, saying there was no clear United Nations mandate for an international force. "The ground situation in the northwest sector (Kashmir) is such that we cannot afford to send our military personnel at this point of time, but this is not a flat no," the official said. India has previously indicated it could consider sending troops if the UN sanctioned an international force. The US has request that India deploy a division, about 15,000 to 20,000 soldiers. It is the first time officials in New Delhi have linked India's ability to help in Iraq with violence in disputed Kashmir.
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#5  yeah, like I said. No troops, no money. But we'll get sweet 'legitimacy'. Just bribing the Europeans so they'll SHUT UP about having international cooperation.
Posted by: eyeyeye   2003-9-13 10:17:50 AM  

#4  We have been wrong to look at all these conflict zones throughout the world in isolation. In each seperate case the problem is guys with guns and the solution is peacekeepers. The solution is is the problem.

The world doesn't actually need more peacekeepers, it needs an effective exchange program. If the US needs more boots on the ground in Iraq, Lybia nd Somalia has them. Just cut a deal with one of the warlords that doesn't stand a chance in hell of being the sole survivor in his individual setting.

I might take some time to knock the rough edges off of some of their techniques. Spray-and-pray is not the most effective answer to every situation afterall, but removing an entire army of soliders from Somalia and replacing them with some an effective group of trained hired guns peace-keepers from Liberia can't be worse than sending in boys from Uraguay.
Posted by: Super Hose   2003-9-13 9:45:19 AM  

#3  Weelllllllll, I'm sure that the next round of H1-B quotas can be trimmed back a bit. (with the definition of "a bit" still pending of course, heh heh)
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2003-9-13 2:12:15 AM  

#2  India is, well, insanely jealous - of just about anyone else's success, but particularly the US. Being painfully aware of their own backwardness just makes it that much worse for the Delhi DingDongs. It's a toss-up between India and China for the title of
"Biggest chip balanced on a shoulder in the History of The World", methinks.

Pakistan is easier - they're just plain insane.
Posted by: .com (Prez for Life - My Isles of Langerhans)   2003-9-13 2:08:08 AM  

#1  Makes you wonder how sincere their offer was to send troops if only the UN blessed it. Well no, I don't wonder at all.
Posted by: Steve White   2003-9-13 12:41:46 AM  

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