Re:Galileo navigation satellite system goes live
by rwallace on Sunday December 18, 2016 @09:20AM
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It's a political philosophy sometimes called 'realpolitik' that basically says never mind morality, just do what is in the interests of your own country. It has a certain emotional appeal, but when you take a cold and practical look at the history of decisions made on that basis, they tend to end up doing more harm than good to the interests of the country that made them, quite apart from everyone else.
Re:Galileo navigation satellite system goes live
by angry_octet on Monday December 19, 2016 @06:27AM
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India was part of the 'non-aligned' block and at various times has been keen on building ties with the Russians, buying lots of arms from them. In contrast, Pakistani leaders have been firmly in the US camp. Hence, in '71 it was a no-brainer for Nixon which side the US would support. It is bizarre the Nixon continued supporting Pakistan during the Bangladesh Genocide, but that's Nixon for you.
Also, India did invade and annex Goa in '62.
Re:Galileo navigation satellite system goes live
by swatkat on Thursday December 22, 2016 @04:40PM
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>> Also, India did invade and annex Goa in '62.
... because Goa is an historically Indian territory, and Republic of India just got it back from foreign invaders!?
Re:Galileo navigation satellite system goes live
by cm2187 on Sunday December 18, 2016 @12:15PM
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Not just dictatorships. Islamist dictatorships (Pakistan, Saudi Arabia). A lot of western (not just US) diplomacy is horribly short sighted.
Re:Galileo navigation satellite system goes live
by JumpCrisscross on Monday December 19, 2016 @04:00AM
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> never attacked anybody out of blue from 1947 when it was created
India "attacked" East Pakistan in the Bangladesh Liberation War [1]. Whether or not you or I feel it was justified is besides the point: it violated the sovereignty of another nation (similar to the U.S. in Iraq and Russia in Crimea).
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangladesh_Libera...
Re:Galileo navigation satellite system goes live
by tim333 on Monday December 19, 2016 @06:21AM
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Your linked article reads
"India joined the war on 3 December 1971, after Pakistan launched preemptive air strikes on North India."
which doesn't sound out of the blue to me.
Yet US sides with dictatorship which doesn't even control its own secret service which creates its own terrorist organizations (laskar-e-taeba).