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Lean and Mean folks, lean and mean! While India does have low cost manpower advantage but the requirements of this age and era are different and is not manpower heavy. There aren't going to be any mass invasions nor does India have a expeditionary foreign policy so why such an ill equipped huge...

umm..No, I wasn't referring to that old boy! (hope you don't mind the boarding school reference :) ) What I meant was you shouldn't be attacked because you are on this thread as an impartial observer unlike the Americans, Pakistanis and Indians. As for RAF, I have nothing but deep respect...

I respectfully disagree, India has great latent potential and similar values to that of American System. It is but obvious that US- American relationship is a multidimensional and cannot be held hostage to single issue. Just like we have allies like Pakistan, India has freedom to build...

I don't think British have a dog in this fight.

On behalf of zeta tau alpha I protest!!!! We are way more unified

Good work one and all!! I am nit-picking here but all the same some unsolicited pointers - Many of the articles had an inherent bias which is to be expected but can be minimised. - Couple of articles were professional grade and worthy of being published if authentic. - Would have liked few more...

The reason could be because of the tardiness on display by the home-grown facility, difficulty in absorbing tech, cost of ToT, protracted time frames and quality concerns. While make in India is a wonderful initiative, Indian Defence Industry has to go through painful cycle of transformation...

The lack of results in Afghanistan can be analysed 100 ways to kingdom come but the fact remains as long as Taliban have local sport and sanctuaries in neighbouring country who happens to be our ally the whole endeavour was doomed. In the end we took out Bin Laden in Pakistan whereas our main...

Afghanistan war: Just what was the point? - CNN.com Afghanistan war: Just what was the point? It is worse in Afghanistan now than I ever could have imagined. And I was a pessimist. Fatigue was always going to be the decider. Western fatigue with the horrors their troops saw, and with the...

I think posters before me have covered the motivations and incentives pretty well. 1. Technology Aspect - If India doesn't sign this agreements it will hit a brick wall sooner or later. On political spectrum there will be pleasantries and lot of talk about US - India Strategic Partnership but...

1. Soviet front was if anything but irrational. Considering the high probability of US joining the WW2. It was but a given that Axis powers will loose WW2 when faced against two large Industrial Nations. 2. The actions of Hitler were rooted in his irrational psyche. The objectives of Germany in...

Rest assured there is plenty of Dialogue and not at just the inter government level. It is just that this forum being a defence forum is by design myopic and tends to focus more on conflicts than co-operation. The second factor is that Chinese postures is out of character with their previous...

Stop toying with Diplo-Speak! :agree: While certain conclusions of yours have merit. The fact remains US is not overtly concerned with China in National Security scenario due to deep linkages with between our economies. As on date McDonalds theory holds true. The jousting which you see are the...

Exit had to have happened. American forces couldn't be stationed permanently in Iraq. Obama was elected on this plank. The vacuum was inevitable and the appropriate share of blame has to be appropriated to Iraqi Govt who despite forceful US advice to treat Sunnis well, engaged in pay-back...

Dammit. It seems there is a lot lost in translation. What I meant was l am defending a position which in this case is US Military Action and Foreign Policy which is in reality indefensible i.e. is cannot be defended i.e. wrong. My reference to your Emperor was solely restricted to borrowing...

Well to paraphrase your Emperor - I am defending the indefensible. Forgive me if I have no better arguments.

Hindsight is 20/20.

No! An unanimous NO! you misunderstood my point. Ends never justify the means. It didn't in WW2 and it doesn't now. However at some point, we have to move forward. There will be no progress if we let the chains of past shackle us.

Iraq and Afghanistan were very costly lessons which had to be re-learnt. There was a reason, Saddam was let off after first Gulf War. Not many foreign armies have fared well in another country after the initial shock and awe. Well what's done is done and there hasn't been another major attack...

One of the important if not the only important question is that whom does the party work for? Is it for China as an entity or for themselves. If it is the former than it can be acceptable. Tyrannical decisions may be explained away as long term strategy for the greater good but if it is the...