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2007-02-06 India-Pakistan

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Posted by john 2007-02-06 06:23|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And it is fencing the Indo-Bangla border as well.
With the Maoists taking over in Nepal, that border will also need fencing.

India really got the pick of the litter when it came to neighbors.. Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal, Sri Lanka.

I'm betting they get so fed up that they'll mine their borders

Posted by john 2007-02-06 06:29|| 2007-02-06 06:29|| Front Page Top

#2 It seems that security fences are all the rage nowadays.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-02-06 06:43|| 2007-02-06 06:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Walls and fences... it's a Chinese thing that goes back several years.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-02-06 07:46|| 2007-02-06 07:46|| Front Page Top

#4 A Hindu ex-pat MD once explained to me that India in ancient times was like the "United States" of the world, unified, politically stable and wealthy. All those unsavory neighbors brought it down over the centuries.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-02-06 11:20|| 2007-02-06 11:20|| Front Page Top

#5 India has two choices - be constantly vigilent, fence its borders, and control the flow of militants; or conquer their surrounding neighbors and put a stop to the threat permanently. They will attempt the first alternative until that collapses, then will reluctantly go with the second. This will require they keep their foot on the necks of all muslims and communists, which will be tiring but will work.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-02-06 13:50|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-02-06 13:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Actually, there is a third option, OP : going Roman on your neighbors. A few example villages and things might just settle down along the borders. And since the Indians are dark-skinned Third Worlders, they won't get the bad press that any Western state would.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-02-06 15:00|| 2007-02-06 15:00|| Front Page Top

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