True; many ships were sunk.
An amphibious attack needs immense preparation and a very very good navy; the Nazis did not have these. The Nazis intended to mine the Channel to keep Royal Navy at bay. To mine the channel, you need tactical dominance; this the Nazis never were capable of...
Tibet does not get the latest in anti-air; military districts facing Taiwan do. Most of Tibet is protected by "not-so-modern" SAMs.
You may be right about the mountain range stuff; but if you are, it works both ways.
Why don't you convince the thousands of historians about this?
There has been an "India" since millenia.
I "pounced" on him for his logic, which you have not addressed.
Who's poaching? Your history is as much our's as our's is your's.
But the term/idea "Pakistan" is very recent as...
Roadrunner:
If I go by your logic, prior to 1971, a Dhaka sentinent can claim Rig Veda to be his, and now that same sentinent cannot.
Modern day geography cannot be the basis on which history can be divided.
Plus when the Rig Veda was written (and it was written over centuries across a...
Jana:
Just because we have counsulates there and talk to them does not mean we are "pepping" them up. Thes are the guys in power and unless and until the Afghan economy, if there is a thing as such, Afghan farmers will grow opium. You are jumping the gun.
Muse:
The reason why opium...
Ofcourse, you are right.
But how are these guerilla conflicts fought?
1) Play tribe vs. tribe
2) Bribe
These are the two reasons why America fared much better in Afghanistan vis-a-vis Iraq.
All it requires for the "greater manpower" to be made redundant is internal strife...
Has it been resisted up until now? Neither did Mush did anything and nor is the current GoP doing anything.
The reason being, these "tribals" are more of a danger to your society than theirs.
The only sensible things to do is to get the house in order, talk turkey with USA and join them...
^Ghatak, neither can China do anything against us and nor can we.
The terrain and tenacity of both the armies does not allow a high-result low-cost conflict.