Quoting Nephew. Never came across a sicker book. On the concept of sanctions.
What do you do?
What did you do with Iraq?
What happened?
And the paradox. Saddam didn't suffer. Iraqis did.
Nah!! Even this is not enough. What you do? You create a lie and then demand Saddam to surrender his personal and sovereign dignity to prove that your imagination is not correct.
And where do you apply these grotesque lessons of starving people to punish the thick skinned ruler? Iran.
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Today is Mahashivaratri. And did you ever hear about this false Sivalinga? When Pandyan Empire collapsed and was open to plunder by the Muslims, Antaralayas of both Srirangam and Madurai were sealed with a false wall to hide the Moola Virat.
In Madurai, they planted a false Sivalinga just outside the wall and the Muslims fell for it. The testimony of their brutality is clearly seen through the number of blows this idol got. Remember and cherish what your ancestors did for you make you a proud Hindu.
When the false wall was broken open on the orders of Kumara Kampana after killing the last Madurai Sultan, they found the flowers which garlanded Sundareshwara still afresh and Chandrahasa, the ceremonial sword of the Pandyans was placed before him.
One community which doesn't deserve the pedestal it is placed upon is the Mizo. Look at the recent controversy. The don't want a non-local to head education department it seems.
Seems justified right? Whenever a non-Mizo comes, there will be problems in allotment of seats to Mizos - that's what they are saying. But, what's the catch? The non-locals we are talking about here is the Hindu residents of Mizoram, the Bru.
For them, some Myanmarese terrorists have more right to stay in Mizoram than the Hindu Bru/Chakma.
Just because you wish it away doesn't mean caste doesn't exist in Islam. Fact: Birth based segregation in Islam is as old as Islam. By the way, why is it that till the time Sauds came why is it that the Imam of Mecca was always from the same tribe?
By the way, I never knew right wing Hindutva ruled medieval Azerbaijan or Mecca.
Bad news: Fatwas don't come out of thin air. They are the outcome of interpretation and application of Islamic jurisprudence for a specific case. Care to let us know what constitutes Islamic Law?
Let me tell you of an incident when Greenpeace was still legal in India. In a parking lot outside a super market, a Greenpeace guy accosts me and asks for some time to explain what he is doing. I was not busy and said OK. His proposition is this.
Coal pollutes and India should shutdown all thermal power plants. With a flourish, he produces a map of India and says these are all the areas where India has got coal plants and that they are launching a movement to shut them down. One single question from my side.
The belt you are showing is called Dandakaranya and is a thick forest. Whatever pollution these plants make are absorbed by the trees around and it won't harm environment. Now explain me why should I support your stand. Caught like a deer in headlights,
A reflection of what we people are always saying. And the esteemed General puts it succinctly. India's victory is not in taking land or crushing the military might of China. It's in stopping China from achieving it's objectives and forcing it to spend the whole winter there.
Whether you surrender a few hills or not, the lesson which either country learnt is this. China cannot maintain the position for a whole winter there. Even if it builds roads and sets up excellent facilities for it's troops, the reality is, the cost is prohibitive and
soldiers are not going to be happy. There are no train lines, there are no sufficient airbases(every plane taking off from Ngari can be shot down by Indian ground fire) and there are exactly three roads to reach there. Realization will not dawn on those sitting in Beijing.
The biggest flaw of CCPooh China is it is expansionist and is incapable to understand which countries can't fit into Chinese Mandala, thereby dissipating it's energy as like a wave against rocks. The tide comes and the sea retreats for the day.
And note, the more you try to bring in more Mandalas into Chinese orbit, the faster the dynastic cycle kicks in. Some strategist placed 2040 as the timeperiod for the next Dynastic cycle somewhere around 2005-2010 and the number doesn't seem to be off the mark.
In some cases, they say, time heals. China, Europe and Amreeka are some such examples. Have some patience. They will implode. You don't even need to kick that proverbial rotting door. All you need is some patience for a waiting game.