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This was indeed an exceptional case. It thoroughly tested my opposition to the death penalty. The instinct to want bad things to happen to the perpetrators was so strong. I have still not managed to make peace with that impulse.

Hallucinations passed off as analysis. If US vs. China-Russia counts as a two-front war, what does China-Russia vs. NATO-Australia-Japan-South Korea count as? Love them or hate them, simple fact is, the US has more and better allies, and has the qualitative as well as a quantitative edge. Of...

Well, honestly, I quite like the status quo. Although geo-politics seems to always leave me behind and I am forever playing catch up. Yes, machismo on PDF. In the 50s American homes had bunkers and there were nuclear fallout shelters everywhere. They seemed to think in terms of a "winnable"...

I apologise for taking a dig at you the other day on the Pakistan safe haven for terrorists thread. That was just a troll thread and I shouldn't have responded to that thread in the first place.

I fail to understand all this high-end statecraft and realpolitik, assuming the Indian government has a definite plan. Each day they say something else. We will do this, we will do that. Ten Pak soldiers got killed, oops wait, they didn't! Surely all this is part of some grand plan and not...

You could have done well not to start your response with a back-handed complement and an insult to a prominent member (although I also disagree with him quite often). I do not disagree with the overall tenor of your response. It is a to-the-point defence of Chinese projects in Africa. I can...

Not all economic interaction has to be exploitative by nature. In certain transactions, both sides gain proportionately, if not equally. What we are discussing here is neo-colonialism - using modern concepts such as capitalism and free movement of labour and capital to subjugate a nation...

Ascertain their nationalities and deport them back. You are talking about thugs. This is gang violence and therefore a law and order issue, not a race issue.

Stating that our armed forces have perpetrated atrocities and that the adivasis may have genuine grievances is not "anti-national". All citizens should be the conscience of their nation, willing and able to criticize what is not right. Fear of being labeled and persecuted doesn't stop those...

The topic here is the impact on the African nations where China is currently very active. Colonialism had many aspects, some of them completely based on economics. If it turns out that many projects being implemented were not needed in the sense there was no demand for them in the first place...

To the extent that Chinese infrastructure projects in Africa and elsewhere meet existing/projected needs for the foreseeable future, they should be welcome. China has not taken anyone else's place forcefully - it is only filling a void left by rich countries and multilateral institutions such as...

India also has an active ethanol blending program but we are far short of our blending targets because only ethanol produced from non-food sources is allowed. Primary source is ethanol produced by sugar mills, but since they are failing to meet the demand, lignocellulose and cellulose-based...

What's the point?? I know what you are trying to do, you told me while replying to a post a while back. But exposing their hatred for Jews will not shame them in the least. They believe that Palestine gives them a good enough cause to continue doing so.

Well, we have your best friends to thank for that. Maybe you should sensitize them about the futility of violence as a means to solving disputes. Apart from Pakistan, all other disputes are contained and compartmentalized precisely as China's disputes are - occasional sound bites, some media...

Absolutely correct. You assume too much self-importance. Political dynamics in India do not revolve around Pakistan. As opposed to? For so long Pakistan had been pitching for a strong, prosperous and united India? You mean they should join you in what your country has been doing since...

The quality and tenor of responses from Indian and Pakistani members on this thread itself reveals a lot. A set of posters frothing at the mouth are claiming that Pakistan is gaining control of the narrative and India is losing out as a result. There is such desperation and hatred in the...