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2008-05-17 India-Pakistan

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Posted by john frum 2008-05-17 07:30|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Since the 1980s, both the US and China have assumed that they will fight it out over the Pacific, eventually. However, India changes everything.

Perhaps George W. Bush's most lasting impact will be that he recognized India as a sleeping giant when the rest of Washington didn't. A giant who can match or eventually best most anything China can menace with. If the US and India are friends, China cannot defeat both of us.

And India is on China's border, not on the other side of the world. Which obviously has kept the Chinese military leadership up at night.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-05-17 09:16|| 2008-05-17 09:16|| Front Page Top

#2 And India will soon have more people. And India speaks our language. And however obstreperous, India is a multicultural democracy.

The U. S. was far from Britain's ally for its first 100 years. But thereafter, immersion in the larger world made evident to all the importance of our shared heritage. So too with India.

Oh, China is in India's Nuke crosshairs, too.

So sell them the Kitty Hawk.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-05-17 10:02|| 2008-05-17 10:02|| Front Page Top

#3 our shared heritage. So too with India.

We share a 2nd language.

Posted by George Smiley 2008-05-17 11:27|| 2008-05-17 11:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Now serving, 1 billion fried lice.

Posted by Icerigger 2008-05-17 21:23|| 2008-05-17 21:23|| Front Page Top

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