Chillax No personal remarks here.Sykora said:I resent that remark. I am an Indian, but I have travelled the world and am trying to bring that knowledge to bear. We are having a philosophical debate, let us both try to refrain from personal attacks.
Basis? Us soldiers are dying day by day there, funds are being spent on armed forces stationed in IRAQ. Does US has that much money & precious soldiers to waste? It cudnt even complete one of its aim...either of getting oil or capturing OSAMA being so advanced militarily,technologically. Do I need to explain more?Sykora said:On what basis do you say that?
So Isreal doesnt have money huh? And they cant spend on military research? I ask u on wat basis u say that? I told u to read army reports or atleast read from newspapers or TV news channels.Sykora said:Opinions are anything but static. They keep changing as the information available changes. Israel is the world's most targeted nation. They have many open enemies, and must protect themselves. This necessity has led them to train one of the best militaries in the world. However, they do not have the money to spend on exhorbitant budgets like the US do, also, they cannot spend on military research.
U said airforce first. Now u say Military. Did a day changed statistics and ur opinion? Now please dont say army and airforce are same thing!Sykora said:This necessity has led them to train one of the best militaries in the world.
Sykora said:Give me evidence to suggest that these figures have changed drastically in the last 2 years.
Hmmmm.....you talk like scientist who needs proof for his theory and then only will believe. Now please dont ask examples....Unexplained phenomenas in India and Indian yoga gurus are big examples.Sykora said:The UN Security council has 5 permanent members, of which only one is US. If you'll remember, UN backing was withdrawn because France and Russia refused to comply. It is not completely controlled by the US. Talks are on to get India and Japan a permanent seat, but frankly, I don't have much hope.
Why cant it isolate Pakistan easily? Just because US backs it? This again gives example how much UN is dependent on US! All the world knows about Pakistan now and even condemned it from atatcking India like that on KArgil and making statements like that it will use nukes if India attacks.Sykora said:The UN has obligations to _all_ member countries, including India _and_ Pakistan. This means it cannot isolate Pakistan so easily, because then, by the same token, it must isolate India, and that's not too easy.
Agreed! Keep quoting me!! I like that.Sykora said:eh...sorry.
What were we talking about? I had to go back about 10 posts to find out You said that the US couldn't win the Battle of Longewala even today with advanced weaponry. And I asked you the basis for that statement. When did Iraq come into the context?mediator said:Basis? Us soldiers are dying day by day there, funds are being spent on armed forces stationed in IRAQ
Not as much as the US. Neither does the India.mediator said:So Isreal doesnt have money huh?
mediator said:Neways u dont think India is targeted also? If Israel is targeted by small terrorists, then India is targeted by the father of terrorists -> "Pakistan".
Excuse me? What happened to the "Chillax"?mediator said:You say u r Indian and you say such fake stuff for your motherland?
Foreign businesses want to do business in India because labor is cheap. That is what the whole outsourcing jazz is about. Why pay an American if you can get the same job done by an Indian at a far less salary?mediator said:Indians ppl making money @1 cent show their business skills. And thats why foreign companies wanna do business in India because of reliability and good business.
mediator said:Why is it that US can take unilateral decisions on IRAQ and nobody can stop it?
Good. Talk then, and make sure you have some fun while you're at it.digitizen said:this is one topic which i always wanted to talk about .
*sigh* I'm not going to argue with you if it means that I have to repeat everything I've said already.digitizen said:certtainly india is the better one . i din go through all the above posts . but here is my deal.
Definitely, there are places like Harlem in US. But not as many as in India.digitizen said:i will never agree with this there are places like harlem in america
Why did u go all the way back 10 posts? If u had read my post correctly u wud have saved urself of such burden. I didnt say "US couldn't win the Battle of Longewala"......read it again! I just gave comparison and that US cudnt complete even one of its aim of IRAQ or OSAMA still !Sykora said:What were we talking about? I had to go back about 10 posts to find out You said that the US couldn't win the Battle of Longewala even today with advanced weaponry. And I asked you the basis for that statement. When did Iraq come into the context?
Sykora said:What basis? Here : *www.strategypage.com/fyeo/how...es/default.asp . These are current figures. Open the American, South Asian, and Middle East pages and look at them side by side. The only column where India is larger than US is population. Well...look at the statistics yourself. One thing you can see is that Israel spends about 3 times less than India annually on defence. It has 10 times less GDP. Despite this, it has a higer land power and about twice as many AFV.
Sykora said:You seem very keen on calling Pakistan terrorists. The country of Pakistan can be called a terrorist state only if the government itself acknowledges and supports the attacks. So far as I know, there have only been headlines of "Pakistan condemns terrorist attacks" and stuff like that. Therefore, at least publicly, Pakistan is not a terrorist state. It has the unfortunate reputation of having had many terrorist within its borders, but it has tried to curb them, sadly without success. So technically, you have just as much right of calling Pakistan a terrorist state as they do of India. That's why the UN cannot isolate Pakistan alone. We are just squabbling over the same piece of land.
Sykora said:Foreign businesses want to do business in India because labor is cheap. That is what the whole outsourcing jazz is about. Why pay an American if you can get the same job done by an Indian at a far less salary?
U urself indirectly are telling how useless UN is then.Sykora said:Why indeed? Because if anyone stops the US, they will feel its displeasure most keenly. Let us say, for sake of argument, that India tries to stop the US from going to war. They even are willing to attack the US to stop them. What will US do? Not only will it bring the full force of its army to bear, it will also fight by information warfare. All American companies will immediately cease contacts with India. American companies will withdraw merchandise from the Indian market. They will fire all Indian employees. Thousands will be left jobless. They will seize the assets of Indian companies outside. They will block foreign trade to India.
Russia can.......and i can bet on it. but it doesnt have the economy to support it.Sykora said:This is obviously a worst case scenario. But you must realize one thing. No single country alone can hope to attack the US, and win
Similarly u read my posts from 7/11 thread first or i'l have to repeat the whole thing for calling paki a terrorist nation.Sykora said:*sigh* I'm not going to argue with you if it means that I have to repeat everything I've said already.
mediator said:What @ssdivisiongermany1933 meant was.... that India was so brilliant and that too 35 yrs ago....that it kicked paki @rse with such courage and mind. And US cudnt do it today also with advanced weaponry.
That's what you said. What is this about Iraq? If you're referring to Iraq when you say "do it today", be more specific.sykora said:On what basis do you say that?
Now who's not reading? I said US's objective was Saddam. And they did get Saddam.mediator said:I just gave comparison and that US cudnt complete even one of its aim of IRAQ or OSAMA still !
Since you're having so much fun disputing statistics I provide, you give me the current numbers, then we'll talk.mediator said:Again I beg u to read news papers and updated miliary reports.
Nonsense. I am a citizen of the world.mediator said:Hmmm.....seems ur a paki fan!
No, but only if the judge is unbiased. In dealing with affairs between Pakistan and India, you call neither India, nor Pakistan, an unbiased judge.mediator said:Neways If a kidnapper/murderer/raper says he is innocent what will u do? Allow him to leave even if u have ample evidence against him??
Now you think again. I meant businesses want to do business _in_ India. Because the standard of living is lower here, things cost less here, so companies can charge less here. That does not apply to Indians working overseas.mediator said:If Indians are given cheap wages abroad they wont go in first place. Why do they wanna go abroad? Higher wages? Think!
To some extent yes, because that's what happens if you have a super power -- It doesn't listen. But answer this : Why doesn't India right now, invade Pakistan and recapture the land? As you said, they have ample evidence against them. Why are they not doing it?mediator said:U urself indirectly are telling how useless UN is then.
I wasn't talking to you. I have enough trouble going back over the posts in this thread, let alone going to another thread.mediator said:Similarly u read my posts from 7/11 thread first or i'l have to repeat the whole thing for calling paki a terrorist nation.
Do u really think US objective was Saddam? THere were no WMDs found in IRAQ. Then why is it US is not freeing Saddam? Even his sons were killed in IRAQ. Why is UN not doing anything now? Why American forces are still stationed in IRAQ?Sykora said:Now who's not reading? I said US's objective was Saddam. And they did get Saddam.
Well i cant spoon feed u by searching the net and giving u details or links. Why dont u read news papers or TV channels? Is it something so hard I urged u for? If u want current numbers go ahead to the feedback sections of military sites.Sykora said:Since you're having so much fun disputing statistics I provide, you give me the current numbers, then we'll talk.
Great!Sykora said:Nonsense. I am a citizen of the world.
Cool! U r the first one in the whole forums who is openly defending terrorists! What affairs? Kashmir ? I already talked abt it! and what affairs can be there if Paki keeps on breaking each treaty like the one it broke by attacking on kargil?Sykora said:In dealing with affairs between Pakistan and India, you call neither India, nor Pakistan, an unbiased judge.
I also wrote that if wages are less here comparatively, then prices of commodities are also less here and by same margin. Didnt u get that? If 1/300 part of a wage of an american is spent on buying a chocolate then the same is true for an Indian in India.Sykora said:Now you think again. I meant businesses want to do business _in_ India. Because the standard of living is lower here, things cost less here, so companies can charge less here.
Sykora said:That does not apply to Indians working overseas.
Well thats because of the stupid leadership in our country. See.....how Pakistan was when attack on parliament was held. Musharraf's face was all covered with sweat in each interview after that. Yea I agree US tried to interfere and asked India to excercise restraint. But not only US asked .....the whole world....every nation in the world urged INdia at that time to calm down. If US alone wud have asked....I dont think India wud have calmed down. Even India's biggest friend Russia urged India to calm down at that time.Sykora said:But answer this : Why doesn't India right now, invade Pakistan and recapture the land? As you said, they have ample evidence against them. Why are they not doing it?
Atleast tell who's winning? Huh...just kidding!QwertyManiac said:Quote fights are read only by the quoters
Their _official_ objective was Saddam. Evidently he is being held for a trial on war crimes I am not saying what they did was right, nor am I trying to justify what they did. I'm just stating that for whatever reason, they did take Iraq. This proves their military might to some extent.mediator said:Do u really think US objective was Saddam? THere were no WMDs found in IRAQ. Then why is it US is not freeing Saddam?
That's a very convenient way to say that you can't find any. I did research on the net and found links to, although not very recent, recent enough for our arguments. You are dismissing them as if they have changed drastically within the last few years. The changes are gradual for the most part, except in extreme situations like when somebody develops the atom bomb for the first time.mediator said:Well i cant spoon feed u by searching the net and giving u details or links
I'll wait.mediator said:But will need a lotta time for that.
That's the same way it will seem to you. I am trying to put both sides into perspective. If you're so biased that you can't listen to a semblance of a neutral view, then I can't convince you, and won't bother trying.mediator said:Cool! U r the first one in the whole forums who is openly defending terrorists!
But India isn't doing anything is it? Is it trying to convince the UN or other major powers that Pakistan is a threat? Is it bringing up more firepower to the loc in order to prevent further attacks by pakistan? Why did it calm down after every world country told it to? If the evidence is clear, why should it excercise restraint?mediator said:All have evidence pointing to pakistan.
Of course not. Because I'll be going to the USmediator said:And u didnt answer mah question. Given all the funds,high wages and all the pleasures of life will u still settle in Pakistan with ur family?
mediator said:I also wrote that if wages are less here comparatively, then prices of commodities are also less here and by same margin. Didnt u get that? If 1/300 part of a wage of an american is spent on buying a chocolate then the same is true for an Indian in India.
Actually we are all winners, because we broaden our horizons on an _extremely_ murky topic : international politics.QwertyManiac said:Who cares who wins, we eventually are at a loss here.
The Germans were brilliant, no doubt about it. However, no matter which means they use to get their technology, US does get it. That indicates certain mental ability.ssdivisiongermany1933 said:US is enjoying it's technology power stolen from Nazi germany after defeat of hitler .Even russians are better than their counterpart Americans .they launched first space station "Mir" and USA didn't even understand what space station is . The american Apollo programme was headed by Nazi scientist but was kicked away by US after programme was a sucess . Russians defeated Nazis otherwise the we could be have writing and speaking the german language and a United country was there in europe i.e "Germany" .The current cruise missiles are the descendent of V2 made in germany and there is lot of german technology .Americans didn't created anything they all got from others . and INdia much better than America .America is digging it's grave by irritating Arabs . Arabs showed their power in 9/11 . though i don't support it . US is fool . even in vietnam it was kicked very badly . US a looser . did it got USama and able to destroy al-qaida .
Yeah to some extent only. They can only take down only small and powerless countries like vietnam and IRAQ. They have no guts to take down North Korea which openly threatens them. But India took down a competitor 35 yrs ago which is no match for us now.Sykora said:This proves their military might to some extent.
Seems like u have a lotta time to search endlessly on the net to prove ur word in debate regardless whether the pages are obsolete or by some person instead of armed forces themselves.Sykora said:That's a very convenient way to say that you can't find any. I did research on the net and found links to, although not very recent, recent enough for our arguments. You are dismissing them as if they have changed drastically within the last few years. The changes are gradual for the most part, except in extreme situations like when somebody develops the atom bomb for the first time.
Sykora said:I'll wait.
Why? I'm trying to convince u. Trying to spoon feed u with every fact available to me!! And telling u again n again like 8 times now to have references like reliable news sources.Sykora said:That's the same way it will seem to you. I am trying to put both sides into perspective. If you're so biased that you can't listen to a semblance of a neutral view, then I can't convince you, and won't bother trying.
Sykora said:But India isn't doing anything is it? Why did it calm down after every world country told it to? If the evidence is clear, why should it excercise restraint?
It has already proved to whole world and doesnt need to prove to puppet organization to do so. Neways yeah it has proved to US....so indirectly UN to.Sykora said:Is it trying to convince the UN or other major powers that Pakistan is a threat?
U urself saying "further attacks by paskistan"....and u need unbiased view? Neways Pakistan cant attack India now....but India is doing enough to thwart the proxy war Pakistan is engaged in. Now dont ask what proxy war is!Sykora said:Is it bringing up more firepower to the loc in order to prevent further attacks by pakistan?
Given Pakistan as only choice and no US. Then y wont u? U seem to like pakistan and trying hard to defend pakistan like a paki national with all absurd link and needing continous spoon feeding with facts.Sykora said:Of course not. Because I'll be going to the US
Agreed! But again I told u thats a different issue.Sykora said:An american in america spends the same fraction on a particualr commodity as an Indian in India. But if someone earns his money in america, while living in India, then that person is significantly better off than an indian in india. This is why many NRIs are returning to India after retirement. Because they have a large amount of savings _in dollars_, which when changed into rupees, is an enormous sum, approximately 46 times as much.
Agreed! US is a thief! Germans and Russians are orginals !!Sykora said:The Germans were brilliant, no doubt about it. However, no matter which means they use to get their technology, US does get it. That indicates certain mental ability.
You said Pakistan broke a treaty when it attacked Kargil. Why doesn't India mount a military offensive back instead of harrassing pakistani nationals, who _may_ be innocent?mediator said:Why are seeing so much isolation and trouble at airports and everyplace else paki nationals are facing now?
1) Searching for information is not hard at all, I can't believe you've spent so much time and still not learnt to type search phrases in google. I got my statistics within seconds of typing "Who has the largest army in the world?" in google.mediator said:Seems like u have a lotta time to search endlessly on the net to prove ur word in debate regardless whether the pages are obsolete or by some person instead of armed forces themselves.
Just answer one question : What is being done about Pakistan?mediator said:It has already proved to whole world
I already addressed this.mediator said:U seem to like pakistan and trying hard to defend pakistan like a paki national with all absurd link and needing continous spoon feeding with facts