Grave implications of Ukraine crisis for small countries like Bangladesh

[leonblack08]

Seriously who would want to invade Bangladesh? One look at Dhaka, they would run back.

And yet here you are seeking attention. So where does that put you?

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Odd article, but if you think about it
Ukraine and Bangladesh do have similarities

Both are victims of past genocides

Both were ruled by incompetent's leaderships not willing prioritize defense

Both are seen as geo-political punchbags, even North Koreans have not spared Banglas

 

[Indos]

I think Malaysia is likely the one who will feel more nervious, particularly for their territory in Borneo island (Kalimantan island) which is bordering Indonesia. Previously there was attempt from Indonesia to invade it, luckily there are British and Australian Armed force who help them against Indonesian invasion attempt although not full scale invasion.

The fact that Indonesia will build its city capital at that land and will be followed with military enhancement in the area will make Malaysia start to decide faster on their defense acquisition program including LCA

Large scale Indonesian military invasion in East Timor

 

[Indos]

I think Malaysia is likely the one who will feel more nervious, particularly for their territory in Borneo island (Kalimantan island) which is bordering Indonesia. Previously there was attempt from Indonesia to invade it, luckily there are British and Australian Armed force who help them against Indonesian invasion attempt although not full scale invasion.

The fact that Indonesia will build its city capital at that land and will be followed with military enhancement in the area will make Malaysia start to decide faster on their defense acquisition program including LCA

Large scale Indonesian military invasion in East Timor

Indonesia will expand its armed force around 30.000-50.000 troops and all of them will be put in Kalimantan island, near the capital city.

Kalimantan island itself has already been protected

Indonesian Military base in Kalimantan ( current situation )

 

[Indos]

Indonesia will expand its armed force around 30.000-50.000 troops and all of them will be put in Kalimantan island, near the capital city.

Kalimantan island itself has already been protected

Indonesian Military base in Kalimantan ( current situation )

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The name of our new capital is Nusantara, this name alone could make countries around us a bit chilling


Nusantara
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Nusantara is the Indonesian name of Maritime Southeast Asia (or parts of it). It is an Old Javanese term which literally means "outer islands".[1] In Indonesia, it is generally taken to mean the Indonesian Archipelago.[2][3]

The word Nusantara is taken from an oath by Gajah Mada in 1336, as written in the Old Javanese Pararaton and Nagarakretagama.[4] Gajah Mada was a powerful military leader and prime minister of Majapahit credited with bringing the empire to its peak of glory. Gajah Mada delivered an oath called Sumpah Palapa, in which he vowed not to eat any food containing spices until he had conquered all of Nusantara under the glory of Majapahit.

The concept of Nusantara as a unified region was not invented by Gajah Mada in 1336. Earlier in 1275, the term Cakravala Mandala Dvipantara is used to describe the Southeast Asian archipelago by Kertanegara of Singhasari.[5] Dvipantara is a Sanskrit word for the "islands in between", making it a synonym to Nusantara as both dvipa and nusa mean "island". Kertanegara envisioned the union of Southeast Asian maritime kingdoms and polities under Singhasari as a bulwark against the rise of the expansionist Mongol Yuan dynasty in mainland China.

In a wider sense, Nusantara in modern language usage includes Malay-related cultural and linguistic lands, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Southern Thailand, the Philippines, Brunei, East Timor and Taiwan, while excluding Papua New Guinea.[6][7][8]

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Some one has edited the page in order not to give explanation about the true meaning, but Majapahit kingdom in the past also ruled Malaysia

Nusantara - Wikipedia

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[Abdul Rehman Majeed]

The note does not mention any country which could threaten Bangladesh’s security and sovereignty in this way, but the allusion could be to India, the only power with which Bangladesh shares a border and that too a very long one.

Bangladesh should attack India first and not wait for India to attack first.

Seriously who would want to invade Bangladesh? One look at Dhaka, they would run back.

Bangladesh has better per capita income than India.

 

[Homo Sapiens]

Ukraine after the falling apart of Soviet Union made it clear that they wanted to be part of the EU and a member of NATO, thus bringing NATO troops to the border with Russia.
Relations between the Govt's of Ukraine and Russia have been difficult and rocky for decades.
Russia is not a democracy but a Oligarchy with a President who wields absolute power and can make such impulsive adventures with little or no opposition.

Relations between Bangladesh and India are friendly and have been for a long time.
Bangladesh is not about to join China in a military or economic union.
Both countries are democracies and the Indian Premier cannot "invade" Bangladesh without a very very long period of arguing for such action in Parliament.
Parliament would remove him Instantly if he tried to go rogue.
Bangladesh does not have a border with China.
Nothing would be gained by India in invading Bangladesh. NOTHING.
Except to have the burden of running a resentful population with no economic or military advantage or gain.
And finally no Indian has the remotest wish or desire to invade Bangladesh.

You might as well talk of France invading Luxemburg

How can you be so sure when a religious fascist party is gradually eroding the foundation of Democracy in your country? If you look at the succession line in ruling BJP party, each one of them will be more extreme than the previous one. What if some figure like Subramanian Swami became PM in India in future? Your next PM Yogi Adittyanath will surely find some one like him to establish Akhand Bharat. 'Mistreatment of Hindus' in Bangladesh would be a perfect reason to invade Bangladesh to 'protect Hindus' as well as to solve Chicken neck problem and a sea port for North East India. Does not this sound appealing to the ears of many Hindu nationalists in your country? Wait, they already discuss such things openly on internet.

 

[Indos]

BD is not a small country any way, it has around 160 million people. The best BD does to deter invasion attempt by India is to have large reserves beside current armed force strengh. Better to stock pile rifle and ammunition to do insurgency just like Vietnamese does.

IMO India invasion scenario is unlikely to happen for the next 20 years due to India dependent on oil, since Muslim countries will make OIC emergency meeting and blockade energy export to India.

Indonesia will stop exporting coal to India and Gulf countries will stop exporting oil and gas to India. This will make India suffers and BD should be able to hold complete annexation using insurgency until India economy falls and next government will be ruled by political parties who see weaken India is bad for its defence against China and Pakistan

 

[Wergeland]

BD is not a small country any way, it has around 160 million people. The best BD does to deter invasion attempt by India is to have large reserves beside current armed force strengh. Better to stock pile rifle and ammunition to do insurgency just like Vietnamese does.

IMO India invasion scenario is unlikely to happen for the next 20 years due to India dependent on oil, since Muslim countries will make OIC emergency meeting and blockade energy export to India.

Indonesia will stop exporting coal to India and Gulf countries will stop exporting oil and gas to India. This will make India suffers and BD should be able to hold complete annexation using insurgency until India economy falls and next government will be ruled by political parties who see weaken India is bad for its defence against China and Pakistan

If you leave out nuclear missiles, there is really little chance for India to succed in occupying Bangladesh.

There are many reasons why but it boils down to BD geography, religion and defence doctrine.

 

[Bilal9]

The people may not be so, but the government is undoubtedly rabidly pro-India.

They appease India to some extent, and there are India-shill elements within the govt. who are pro-India (just like in Pakistan but more vocal I guess).

But most of the govt. plays a very fine line in not angering Indian govt. This is called diplomacy, not boot licking.

 

[deepfried]

Personal opinion
I don't care about Ukraine or Russia.
There are reports of Ukraine supplying weapons to Myanmar. Even though they knew, Myanmar committed genocide.
And on the other hand, we all know about Russia.
So I don't care about this. I only care about Bangladeshi people suffering because of the Rohingya people. This is totally my opinion; you might agree or might not agree, which is fine for me.