To you're first point. When it comes to Iraq its comes down to a blockade when you have America using the UN platform for her own political agenda that's not shared by other members of the security council. The US has effectivly had a 13 year blockade on Iraq using her veto to maintain it. And...
I have no problems with India's military expantion. India is a sovereign nation that has every right to build up its military as it sees fit for its security needs. Just like China.
The one difference is that China's military expantion is largely dependent on her domestic arms industries while...
Sanctions are blockades, its blockade by law. Its prevents people and nations from getting what they needs and there for causes suffering. China cannot be blamed for the mad economic policies of the North Koreans. America however is directly to blame for the suffering of the sanctions that it...
Since when are North Koreans China's own people ? Doesn't North Korea fall under inter-state relations for China ?
China, Russia and France wanted those sanctions on Iraq lifted while it's America and Brittain that opposed the idea. Oil for food is only about humanitarian goods like food and...
What about the humanity of Americans a million dead in Iraq. Children's are being born disformed from Vietnam to Kosovo to Iraq because of the crap you throw over there during you're wars. For every one dollar the US spend on foreign aid America spends another 2 to 3 dollars on wars abroad...
Oh, the Irony! When Qatar is supporting the rebellion in Libya and Syria they where applauded for supporting "freedom fighters". Now that they are also supporting the rebellion in Mali it's all of the sudden called supporting "terrorisme". And what is the difference between the first two...
Why are there so many anti China threads opened up by Indians on this forum ? And why so many overdrawn conclusions ? Is it out of frustration that China is leaving India further and further behind ? Jealous of our friendship with Pakistan and other neighbours of India ? If i read the posts from...
Its true that India's gold imports will benefit India in the long run however that doesn't take away my point that India doesn't produce enough to sell to the rest of the world to off set these purchases. And i don't see India able to produce enough in the foreseeable future to offset the...
The problem that India has is that India simply doesn't produce enough industrial goods or resources for the growing Indian population both in terms of size and affluence. And there for India has a ever larger trade deficit with the rest of the world. This has led to the depreciation of India's...
Conscription in China is still on the books but it hasn't been used for quite some time as there are enough volunteers. So in reality China does have a all volunteer army.
No you didn't the Iraqi army is riddled with corruption and infiltration and different parts of the army has different loyalties then toward the central government in Baghdad. Today Iraq is on the edge of civil war as the tensions is building up amongst the Sunni, Shia and Kurds in Iraq. And a...
Every nation has its red lines Julian Assange is now held up in a embassy, Bradley Manning is in solitary confinement. When the powers to be feels that they are been threatened by dissent they will lash out no matter what political system or cultural background they come from.
What's more important than the hardware itself is that most of what you see here is developed and build in China. The industrial, science and knowledge base that China has acquired to be able to build these weapons is worth much more than the hardware itself. But there are still bottlenecks like...
Both China and India have their own merrits. The two countries comes from very different historical, cultural, political, geographical, religious and social backgrounds. What works for China may not work for India and vice versa. But i believe that both China and India can learn a lot from each...
India will never be able to develop a fully indigenous aerospace or defence industry as long as it continues to rely on joint production and tech transfers deals from abroad. These nations and companies have no interest to let India become a independent aerospace and defence power so that they...
The most important line in the entire article.
And i would also like to say this. The New Republic a American publication forgets to mention that in the US a small rich clique of thieving and warmongering elite has taken control over the country. Without any consideration for the well being...
The situation of Iran in many ways mirrors that of China's. Because of the restrictions that the outside world poses on her, she's been forced to look inward and become self reliant on many things and in many ways. Good for Iran.