Comments on: India stands up to the US on Iran http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/04/24/india-puts-the-us-in-its-place/ Australian Libertarian Society Blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:45:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jim Fryar http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/04/24/india-puts-the-us-in-its-place/#comment-46880 Thu, 01 May 2008 13:14:44 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/?p=599#comment-46880 Israel will probably do something, I imagine that when they do there will be 3-4 US Aircraft carrier battle groups in the Persian Gulf.

]]> By: Mark Hill http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/04/24/india-puts-the-us-in-its-place/#comment-46870 Thu, 01 May 2008 01:09:30 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/?p=599#comment-46870 In all honesty Sukrit, Pakistan may totally deserve what they get. Meshud is running amok along with (probably) bin Laden in Waziristan. What have the Pakistani Government, a “loyal” ally of Western liberal democracies done to help?

I’m not syaing it will necessarily be worth the effort. Just that like the US, they will reap what they sow.

Israel probably has good grounds to pre emptively strike Iran, which ahs promised nuclear annihlation (of Israel, and in turn Palestine and probably Lebanon, Jordan and parts of Syria).

Again, the prospects of the US fighting a successful war for a positive outcome are highly doubtful when they can’t even afford Iraq.

That said, India has an interest in keeping Iran sane and Waziristan being pacified.

]]> By: Jason Soon http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/04/24/india-puts-the-us-in-its-place/#comment-46867 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:36:40 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/?p=599#comment-46867 I wonder why Sukrit hasn’t been telling us lately what a wonderful country China is and how it will stop the coming US tyranny :-)

]]> By: DavidLeyonhjelm http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/04/24/india-puts-the-us-in-its-place/#comment-46865 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:23:58 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/?p=599#comment-46865 I rather hope they bomb Melbourne. It would eliminate the source of silly posts like this (with the bonus of removing a few unwanted relatives of mine).

]]> By: Sukrit Sabhlok http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/04/24/india-puts-the-us-in-its-place/#comment-46861 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:06:34 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/?p=599#comment-46861 Who wants to play a little guessing game? It’s called “Guessing Which Country the US will Bomb Next”.

Consider the following:

1. John McCain has promised “there will be other wars”

2. Hilary Clinton has threatened Iran and become increasingly hawkish of late

3. Barack Obama has endorsed pre-emptive strikes against Pakistan

Anyone who knows the history of US foreign policy would not be so naive as to think this is merely “tough talk” and that after they win the presidency they will become more moderate. Nobody who truly believes in peace would even consider making such statements.

I haven’t yet made up my mind. But I would say it’d have to be a country known by the top-tiers of government to have no WMDs (even the neo-cons would hesitate to invade a country that actually had real WMDs, as opposed to make-believe ones).

]]> By: nicholas gray http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/04/24/india-puts-the-us-in-its-place/#comment-46824 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:00:41 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/?p=599#comment-46824 Good to see India getting tough with the Damyankees! India has A-bomb technology AND rockets! Maybe it’s time we had a few Indian bases here? If democracy is all about numbers, there are more Indians than Yanks, so let’s get with the strength!

]]> By: JC http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/04/24/india-puts-the-us-in-its-place/#comment-46823 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:50:13 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/?p=599#comment-46823 Sukrit:

you gotta stop it with anti-american crap you go on about. The US went to war with Iran a few months ago anyway. The US has convinced nations that have major banking centres to stop doing business with Iran. this bascially isolates the mullahs even more. The effect is that no bank no matter how large or small can aford to do busiess with Iran any longer as they too would get frozen out of the global banking system altogether.

Take that Mullahs.

]]> By: DavidLeyonhjelm http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/04/24/india-puts-the-us-in-its-place/#comment-46774 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:10:40 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/?p=599#comment-46774 The US is quite entitled to its view and to offer advice to India. India can also accept or reject that advice and offer some of its own. There is nothing significant in any of that.

More generally, India’s history of avoiding war is poor. Is it five wars with Pakistan since independence?

India is making a mistake sucking up to Iran’s belligerent half-wit President. Hindus are infidels like Jews. If Iran were to attack India rather than Israel with nuclear weapons, would the US flatten Iran in response?

]]> By: Temujin http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/04/24/india-puts-the-us-in-its-place/#comment-46770 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:39:28 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/?p=599#comment-46770 I think you’re seeing too much here Sukrit. The US gives a perfectly reasonable recommendation. India says that they’ll do their own thing. So what?

I guess your point is that America is being too beligerent with Iran and is trying to shift the world consensus towards war. Perhaps. But I don’t think we’re heading to war any time soon (insh’allah)… and if we were I don’t think India would do anything meaningful to oppose it.

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