The dangers of Bangladesh are bigger than thought

[Mage]

I know you are a coward.

No one asking you to fight here.

A war is a possibility only if Myanmar invades CTG.

 

[EasyNow]

Capture Arakan and defend it in perpetuity of course - which costs nothing? You're describing a quagmire. Maybe now you understand why it will last decades.

Almost all Muslim countries seem involved in protracted, expensive wars while the rest of the world is enjoying itself. Why do you want to add us to the list?

If the world wants to send in troops, we will support them but they cannot show their support for Rohingya using BD soldiers' blood.

Ps. Diplomacy is not a dirty word. It has been used by the wisest leaders in history for a reason. We need the genocide to stop and we also need the Rohingya to live in peace at home again, dialogue is the only way that will happen.

What planet do you reside in?
Diplomacy will not work with the animals next door.

There are two options for BD.

1. Host the Rohingya and spend many billions of US dollars.
2. Capture Arakan and allow the Rohingya to go back. 2 million
Rohingya will outnumber 1 million Rakhines.

PS - What FDI? BD has barely more than 1 billion US dollars a year. Most of the investments are done by locals anyway.

 

[UKBengali]

Capture Arakan and defend it in perpetuity of course - which costs nothing? You're describing a quagmire. Maybe now you understand why it will last decades.

Almost all Muslim countries seem involved in protracted, expensive wars while the rest of the world is enjoying itself. Why do you want to add us to the list?

If the world wants to send in troops, we will support them but they cannot show their support for Rohingya using BD soldiers' blood.

Ps. Diplomacy is not a dirty word. It has been used by the wisest leaders in history for a reason. We need the genocide to stop and we also need the Rohingya to live in peace at home again, dialogue is the only way that will happen.

Have you any idea how much agricultural and natural resources such as Hydro that Arakan can provide BD?
Fine if you do not think it a good idea to fight. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but please do not think that over the long run Arakan would be an economic burden on BD.

 

[SoulSpokesman]

UKB is trigger happy and wants BD to go to war but if shooting actually starts he will be the first one to run, lungi in one lota in other.

Regards

 

[Sine Nomine]

Those savage was never able conquer Arakan as long as Bengal was independent or part of Mughal.It was only during Company rule in Bengal and internal disorder in Arakan when burmese got the opportunity to set foothold in Arakan in 1785.Then burmese became too ambitious and attacked Assam and Manipur.Which alarmed british and draw them in conflict with burma.1st anglo-burmese and 2nd anglo-burmese war brought whole burma within British rule.It was a grave mistake for the british for not making northern Arakan as part of Bengal instead of burma.Whose price Rohingya are giving this date with blood.

Even EP kept them in check till 1971,by helping Rohangiyans.BD should have taken same path,a good leverage it would have been.

 

[Sine Nomine]

Have you any idea how much agricultural and natural resources such as Hydro that Arakan can provide BD?
Fine if you do not think it a good idea to fight. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but please do not think that over the long run Arakan would be an economic burden on BD.

You are first Bengali with some sanity regarding the bomb on which BD sits on, Victory has a price.You need new lands direly.

 

[SoulSpokesman]

Mustakshaf,

Victory has a price

Correct. And UKB will never have to pay that price, since he is operating out of Brick Lane.

Regards

 

[Sine Nomine]

Mustakshaf,

Victory has a price

Correct. And UKB will never have to pay that price, since he is operating out of Brick Lane.

Regards

Somebody has to pay, it's UKB or Doyal

 

[SoulSpokesman]

Mustakshaf bhai,

As long as it is not you or me or our loved ones, we can live with that. Lets have a toast to that.

Regards

 

[Joe Shearer]

That's not true..take a look at this video..have a good look at the Chittagong Hill tracts and the Arakan region...No empire out of India (save the British) ever extended beyond the Chittagong Hill Tracts..CHT is a natural border between Indian subcontinent and South-East Asia

Delightful map; thanks for sharing.

Juggernaut,

From a purely geographic point of view- the line comprising the watershed of Arakan Yoma, Chin Hills, Naga Hills and Patkai Bum represent the eastern edge of the subcontinent.

Regards

Bluesky,

Let me suggest a way out. Burma shud cede Arakan and Chin Hills and BD can cede CHT to India. That way there will be no common border between Burma and MM and no dispute.

Regards

ROTFL.

You know of course that the allocation of the CHT to Pakistan was intended to balance putting Cachar into Assam?

Burma and BD I meant, sorry.

what was the logic of giving CHT to East Pakistan anyway?

Apart from population other criteria were kept in mind. Two Muslim majority districts Murshidabad and Malda were given to India to ensure that the River Hooghly on which Cal depends remains with India. In lieu two Hindu/Bud majority districts, CHT and Khulna were given to EP, CHT for giving a backbone to Chittagong and Khulna as a potential second port to EP.

Regards

Where did you get this? Source please?

 

[SoulSpokesman]

Dada,

I wud refer Joya Chatterjee's book "Spoils of Partition" but I would suppose you have already read it.

My understanding of CHT is slightly different. CHT was given to BD as a sort of a buffer to CTG port plus the idea was that it would be difficult to connect CHT to rest of Assam.

Cachar's case was slightly different. The Sylhet division of Assam had an overall Muslim majority but the Silchar district and North Cachar Hills distt (which were both part of SYL div IIRC) had Hindu/tribal majorities and that's why they were packed off to Assam.

Regards

 

[Joe Shearer]

We would be making another mistake if we think Burma is the ONLY and BIGGEST threat we have; we sure have bigger and more dangerous threats and since we don't have any friends, we need to achieve all the capabilities required to defend against those threats.

This event must be a big eye-opener for every Bangladeshi to have a clear idea about who is what.

@SoulSpokesman

He's rumbled you.

Dada,

I wud refer Joya Chatterjee's book "Spoils of Partition" but I would suppose you have already read it.

My understanding of CHT is slightly different. CHT was given to BD as a sort of a buffer to CTG port plus the idea was that it would be difficult to connect CHT to rest of Assam.

Cachar's case was slightly different. The Sylhet division of Assam had an overall Muslim majority but the Silchar district and North Cachar Hills distt (which were both part of SYL div IIRC) had Hindu/tribal majorities and that's why they were packed off to Assam.

Regards

I haven't got Joya Chatterjee yet; long-deferred buy delayed due to economics. I wish Gorki could be persuaded that these necessary books are public goods.

Do you want BD to get into a quagmire in our own neighbourhood, war will last for decades funded by enemies on both sides. Look at Pakistan still paying for the Afghan war.

Why does the Muslim world need BD soldiers to go to war? If the world is so outraged they should send their aircraft carriers to the Bay of Bengal .

We are doing more than any country on this earth for the Rohingya and we will keep doing it, but going to war is a fool's errand.

Which particular aircraft carrier did you have in mind?

• Argentina
• Australia
• Brazil
• Canada
• China
• France
• Germany
• India
• Italy
• Japan
• Netherlands
• Russia
• Soviet Union
• Spain
• Turkey
• Thailand
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom
• United States

But of course, you were speaking metaphorically.

 

[SoulSpokesman]

Dada,

I wish Gorki could be persuaded that these necessary books are public goods.

The moral of the story is to be the member of as many e-groups as possible- you never know when you stumble onto a loaded colleague. Anyway, if I can get a copy, I will read and then hand deliver to you, whenever we meet Inshallah.

I had read extracts from that on some webzine (The Caravan perhaps?)

If I do get a hand on a copy I will certainly write an abstract here.

Regards

 

[Joe Shearer]

UKB is trigger happy and wants BD to go to war but if shooting actually starts he will be the first one to run, lungi in one lota in other.

Regards

The further away they are, the more bellicose they are.

Dada,

I wish Gorki could be persuaded that these necessary books are public goods.

The moral of the story is to be the member of as many e-groups as possible- you never know when you stumble onto a loaded colleague. Anyway, if I can get a copy, I will read and then hand deliver to you, whenever we meet Inshallah.

I had read extracts from that on some webzine (The Caravan perhaps?)

If I do get a hand on a copy I will certainly write an abstract here.

Regards

I've read her basic argument, which makes a lot of sense. But it's all water under the bridge now.

 

[UKBengali]

The further away they are, the more bellicose they are.

Yeah right.

Some of the most anti-war BD members live in EU. Just need to check their flags.

Now would Mr Professional like to explain why your Prime Minister Modi went to Myanmar to support the regime when it was commiting murder, rape and ethnic cleansing against it's Rohingya minority?