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This is the worst outcome for India. We need to annex the state, only solution.

This is why I said India should annex the country as a new state. I was laughed at. The debt crisis makes them easily exposed to foreign powers who want to destabilize the region and spy on India.

Declare exercises all around Sri Lanka. Accidentally launch a rogue Brahmos that veers off course

They don’t need to bail, just collateralize the existing loans

I this applies in the context of India and Sri Lanka. https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/6lvAoQEACAAJ?hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiE7uTns473AhXJJjQIHcLEAaUQ7_IDKAB6BAgYEAM we keep creating strategic space for external players to come in and mess up our growth trajectory. If we factor in the cost...

Where is the Sri Lanka has been through worse, this is just temporary brigade now? We need to offer them a path to unification, otherwise you are looking Cheen + CIA outpost in our backyard

Just because I’m saying it, doesn’t make it a bad idea. Let’s separate the idea from the person saying it. @ezsasa :) we need our own Hong Kong and Singapore

It has external liabilities and China ready to seize assets. The land is the collateral for the loans, creating a huge vulnerability for India. We should offer them lots of investment and request an instrument of accession to India. I would personally invest in the Island if this happens.

It’s coming up because , a weakened Sri Lanka can be easily influenced by other countries, creating a strategic vulnerability with India

You guys forget that making Lanka part of india would mean Indians can go there to setup business. This would attract foreign investment and domestic investment from rest of India. A beachfront Silicon Valley will emerge.

Buy the island pure cash for $50B spread over 10 years. Make it an Indian state. Otherwise it’s a huge strategic vulnerability