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^@ Adux, if the United States is the 'socialist republic of America', then you talking about us not being capitalist enough < in whatever form it exists > is pointless, because capitalism does not exist. The Indian market, believe it or not, is still relatively small compared to other, major...

You think the 'Right to Education', Subsidies, High Taxes and Licenses on goods and invst in retail are 'pseudo-communist'? What would you call a nation-state that gives subsidies to its farmers, has universal healthcare, agricultural boards for marketing produce, has kereitsus or subsidises...

Nah, I think that is Kerala-syndrome. The rest of the South, West and North are doing pretty well. Even the North-east's starting to show some signs of improvement. The real problems are, I think, the Commie-states and the central belt, Jharkhand, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh. Jharkhand's...

^^ +1. We need a strategy that effectively deals with their propping up bases, or potential 'outposts' or 'conduits' or whatever the heck you want to call it, of our own. And we need one that doesn't hamper itself with delays in construction, stupid politics at the intra-state and inter-state...

As long as our interests converge, there are no qualms about 'being at the mercy' of the USN. The fact is, that with 12 carrier battle groups and 2 under construction, the USN far outstrips the rest of the world in power projection. They will remain 'at their mercy' regardless, and have so for...