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I disagree Vinod... the French lost because they had a land border with Germany. The resistance did what it could, but they were up against the Wermacht. The Nazis made some stupid (racist) mistakes... hence the Wermacht lost on the Eastern front. The French have a glorious military history.

pkpatriotic: The "long range missile" is not an IRBM/ICBM as you are implying. I think they are talking about Barak II.

Communism was failing in Afghanistan and religion based idealogies were gaining strength. This is what I wanted to imply. Plus, Afghanistan borders Iran.

We exploited the situation but our "exploitation" had no role in aggrevating your situation... It was post Operation Searchlight that we entered the crisis and influenced the events to our liking.

It is widely speculated that they wanted a warm-water port in the Indian Ocean... One thing's for sure though that they entered Afghanistan to keep fundamental Islam away from their southern borders.

Thank you sir... Regards.

They didn't loose. The Soviet 40th Army achieved all of its military objectives. The Soviets pulled back because of internal troubles. The guerillas won by surviving and proclaiming that they threw the mighty Soviet Union out. As far as tactics go, the Soviets went wrong in not using...

The whole Army-in-Kashmir thing came up after the foreign militants were literally running the Valley. We need that many troops there to keep the place stable; one ideally needs a 25:1 ratio in terms of men to combat a guerilla war. The figure "zero" tells me that news is being censored. The...

Brothers who blow up things that kill too many people regardless of whether or not they are in uniform? Yeah sure, and you still wonder why "Pakistan is targeted"? Accept the status quo and live with it...

This is precisely what I have said. Post Operation Searchlight, we came in big time. The refugees were always coming in... Post Operation Searchlight this policy was made official. This obviously did have an effect on the flow of refugees. But I doubt if the flow would have been limited had we...

Sir, sorry if I'm being naive. The article states that artillery, no matter how good, is ineffective without a competent manouvre infantry. In some cases, the Soviet use of artillery was good. I especially liked the "protective wall" for the advancing forces in the forested regions. The...

Sir, sorry if I'm being naive, but can you please elaborate as to how SSNs are not that risk-prone? Further, what are these "obvious reasons"?

This is what the real version is: "Blasts in B'lore, Ahmedabad a conspiracy: Sushma Swaraj" Sushma Swaraj is a very fine lady; emotional outburst perhaps...

Elaborate...

Yeah... sure...

Seriously, when was the last time when you were not hyperactive? The BJP has accused the center of going soft on the issue of Islamic terrorism so as to appease Muslims. The Congress replied that the BJP is playing a blame game.

I have never denied anything nor neglected it. We have our own worries which we are very much aware of. I have plenty of reports on both Hindu and Muslim extremism in my country. Both are equally bad. You should perhaps stop communalizing further.

Again, you are assuming that there are only Hindu fascists. We have all sorts of psychos and jerks in our country and we do deal with them as better as anybody else. PLus, there is much more to BJP than what you know.

Why only Hindu extremists? Why not all? The finger-pointing is right to a certain extent.

Stop jumping the gun. Godhra was communal and wrong. So are these attacks.