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| Trailokya Aryal |
Posted
on 14-Mar-02 09:39 PM
Dear all,
What do you guys think of the US involvement in South Asia (pakistan, afganisthan and possibely Nepal)? Will it be momentary or a long term commitment? Any Stephen Cohen fan out there?
Please feel free to share your views, and help us understand the world affairs better.
Thank you.
Trailokya
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| parjapati |
Posted
on 14-Mar-02 09:56 PM
USA should help nepal by giving military equipments but they shouldnt send their troops in nepal because our royal nepal army is capable enough to keep peace and order in nepal.
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| hmmm.... |
Posted
on 14-Mar-02 10:07 PM
Lets have United States of the World, why limit just to the Americas?
If we are all under the US of the World (USW), then we will still have our voices, just like the minority voices are heard in the USA right now. I don't see a problem.
After all, we are all going global anyways. Look at the Eurpean Union, look at the ASIAN, and to some extent SAARC.
I think we will have more benefit if we have USW than just Nepal. How long can we surive under the "PRIDE" of our country?
We would probably have been Indians if the Brits hadn't spared us anyways. Yeah we will loose our pride now, but think about the generations to come, it will mean nothing to them.
Please read it at it is or with sarcasm. Now does that make you go hmmm....
Hoohi
hmmm....
Hamrika
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| verite |
Posted
on 15-Mar-02 02:48 PM
Traiji,
Ive already posted this msg earlier but? dunno where it went...
anyways, i wanted to talk to you about something.. but ive misplaced your email add (that u gave me in sept i think? does that ring a bell? :)
anyways, if you could write me at mist_57@hotmail
thanks a lot!
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| NK |
Posted
on 15-Mar-02 03:16 PM
Hmmm, my dear you have a point there. I don't have any epiphany to reveal at the moment but who knows.
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| big d man |
Posted
on 15-Mar-02 06:09 PM
IMHO, it's gonna be a long-term commitment, but USA is interested in India more than any other countries. The reason being that China is indeed a big threat to the democratically inclined Western nations, and in the future it will become much more powerful, since it's no puny country like, say, Iran or Iraq.. A country that big can seldom be managed by outside forces. It has been predicted that in approximately 50 years from now, China will be the economic powerhouse of the world, followed by India. India can be an equalizer if it is properly equipped with nuclear weapons. Indian scientists are really incompetent, and they need to be trained by Americans. I don't know where Russia will fit in. It'll probably side with China, don't really know.
Yes, true that Pakistan is an ally of the US currently, but that'lll change soon. Pakistani madrassas are a big threat to Western nations, and if Pakistan hadn't made the right decision, i.e. allying with USA/Western nations during Operation Enduring Freedom , USA would already have made glass out of the desert that we all call Pakistan.
Looking from USA's perspective,Nepal is an insignificant country. As long as Maoists don't commit heinous crimes, like what the Al Qaeda did to the WTC, Nepal will be ignored.
My 2 cents.
big diablo
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| Trailokya Aryal |
Posted
on 15-Mar-02 11:48 PM
Dear Virtie,
I am still tring to remember whom I gave my email address to in september, but, feel free to write me anything. Who could you be...
I have sent you an email to your misty address as well.
Trailokya
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| Trailokya Aryal |
Posted
on 15-Mar-02 11:55 PM
A nice discussion guys.
I personally think it will be in the US interests to commit itself in SA for a long term because:
1. It will prevent islamic fundamentalists from raising their heads again.
2. It will bring peace and stability in the region. No more India-Pak dispute.
3. It will also bring the free Tibet activism to a total halt. [ A bill on opening a US consulate in Lhasa was filed in the US Senate in December 2002. This shows a dramatic shift in the US foreign policy!!]
anyway, let's keep the ball rolling and virtie jyu (kasto garo naaam), i am still tring to remember who I met or gave my email add to in september.
Trailokya
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| SIWALIK |
Posted
on 07-May-02 02:48 PM
Resolving Indo-Pak dispute? US involvement will not make Kashmir problem go away. There is not likely to be any solution to Kashmir since it has become an issue of nationalism for both sides. No politician on either side would give in for political reasons.
Islamic fundamentalism is not that easy to handle. Soviet invasion has left this legacy which now affects all of us. There is plenty of funding available from the oil rich countries; there are enough poverty striken muslims educated in theological madrassas. Pakistan does not have a public education system, I hear. Since Zia, madrassas and fundamentalism has had official backing. As a result they have grown and undermined democratic transitions in Pakistan. Look at the failure of Bhutto and Sharif.
China plans to be as strong as a middle European power in 50 years. Who knows if USA will still be the hegemon by then? Looking at US leadership, it seems it has only downhill to go! Unless it wakes up big time from 9/11 incident. Most Americans live in a fantasy world where the affairs of the world is concerned. That is USA's biggest weakness.
If China is perceived as a threat, nepal might benefit from rekindled US interest to some degree... like back in the 50s- 60s..
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| SIWALIK |
Posted
on 07-May-02 02:48 PM
Resolving Indo-Pak dispute? US involvement will not make Kashmir problem go away. There is not likely to be any solution to Kashmir since it has become an issue of nationalism for both sides. No politician on either side would give in for political reasons.
Islamic fundamentalism is not that easy to handle. Soviet invasion has left this legacy which now affects all of us. There is plenty of funding available from the oil rich countries; there are enough poverty striken muslims educated in theological madrassas. Pakistan does not have a public education system, I hear. Since Zia, madrassas and fundamentalism has had official backing. As a result they have grown and undermined democratic transitions in Pakistan. Look at the failure of Bhutto and Sharif.
China plans to be as strong as a middle European power in 50 years. Who knows if USA will still be the hegemon by then? Looking at US leadership, it seems it has only downhill to go! Unless it wakes up big time from 9/11 incident. Most Americans live in a fantasy world where the affairs of the world is concerned. That is USA's biggest weakness.
If China is perceived as a threat, nepal might benefit from rekindled US interest to some degree... like back in the 50s- 60s..
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