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Add Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain to the list, France and Portugal being the last of the colonial powers to leave India IIRC.

True.

Buried in outdated hatred, you are sounding like a foulmouthed idiot to me. I had better complain to my government about the Brits supplying Mirage to Pakistan, hadn't I? Yes, deal with other countries that did not colonise other places, if you will. Rafale is from such a place, I guess.

You refer to a post in which the poster talked of questioning the state. Questioning of the state is not treason except in tyrannical states. Want India to be like China, do you?

Would an independent Baloch state be viable?

You misread, I think. I am suggesting that India warns Pakistan that acts of piracy by its naval forces eg seizing fishing vessels will be countered with force. I go further and suggest the warning should extend to declaring that any Pakistani naval vessel coming closer than x nautical miles to...

I appreciate that India is subject to constant aggressive infiltration on its western flank. The men involved are not identifiably members of the Pakistan armed forces, are they? The actors involved in the seizure of Indian naval vessels, on the contrary, are clearly elements of Pakistan's naval...

I understand that Pakistan acts with the intention of antagonising India. If true that Indian fishing boats are seized by Pakistani naval forces in international waters, those are acts of piracy. IMO India should respond in a manner that leads to such acts stopping. If India is also playing the...

Where did you get the idea that BAE Systems is owned by Americans? It is a British company listed on the London stock exchange. While you do not need to be British to buy shares I vaguely remember that foreign share ownership is limited to less than 50%. BAE Systems Inc supplies the US armed...

I think there are several US bases in UK. I don't think the UK finances them. The UK has a rather good military (albeit small by world standards) so I don't go along with your analysis.

Soldiers temporarily fraternising with their opposite numbers is not unknown. If India does not want to play cricket in international competitions involving Pakistan in order to avoid playing Pakistan, so be it. Regarding using another country's airspace, that requires permission. Attacks on...

Soldiers temporarily fraternising with their opposite numbers is not unknown. If India does not want to play cricket in international competitions involving Pakistan in order to avoid playing Pakistan, so be it. Regarding using another country's airspace, that requires permission.

I haven't seen any notification but agreed. Not on topic. Sorry.

Annual international cultural festival of Carthage in Tunisia. This was before the rise of Islamic fundamentalism, so I am not sure if the festival is still as cosmopolitan.

That is a very broad statement but I understand that you are talking about western culture in the sense of the way people live in the west.

Regarding the Pakistani attack on the fishing vessel, rules forbid this kind of action outside of Pakistani waters. Assuming that this fishing vessel incontraverrtibly was in international waters or Indian waters, the Pakistani action could be construed an act of war, couldn't it? What stops...

Why did the Pakistani boat/ship fire on the fishing vessel (rather than detaining it)? In addition, how many of the Indian/Pakistani vessels detained over the years were fishing illegally due to simple navigation error?

That's pushing it, isn't it, when talking about Islam in France? The man cited said that he thought/predicted that France would become Islamic by (I think) 2050. His thoughts/predictions are a load of bollocks. They may appeal to the far right in France but they have no grounding in reality. Is...

Without massive new immigration from the Mahgreb and francophone Africa there is no realistic chance of 50% of French citizens being Muslim in 2050. I have not met any French Christians who would think of changing their beliefs to Islam. More, the people I know are more pissed off with the...

I just came across a video in which retired Indian general G.D. Bakshi passes on his thoughts about how India should respond to developments in Kashmir. In short, he espouses aggressive military action by GoI. While RepublicTV is seen as a broadcaster with strong bias, I find his reasoning...