Comments on: Desi-fans @ Winds of Change; India-US Defense Pact http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/06/30/desifans_winds/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: vivekj http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/06/30/desifans_winds/comment-page-1/#comment-14663 vivekj Fri, 01 Jul 2005 06:06:39 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1792#comment-14663 <p>yes, be still ;-)</p> yes, be still ;-)

]]> By: Kedar http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/06/30/desifans_winds/comment-page-1/#comment-14658 Kedar Fri, 01 Jul 2005 05:04:57 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1792#comment-14658 <p>In pulp fiction, towards the end (I guess), our man Jules quotes Ezekiel 25:17 but then says to Ringo:<i> But I'm tryin', Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard to be a shepherd. </i> I am trying real hard not to laugh. First we have our very own USA (I am not a citizen, but I try to mean well) playing dollar auction with our very own Pakistan and our very own India. (not a quote)<i>We now have our very own USA selling (I could have said our very own India is buying and it would mean the same..but just for effect, I stick to this) fighter aircrafts, Patriots Pac 3 missiles as against the old Pac 2's which by the way are less advanced </i>--for what ? combat Islamists ? oh btw, passing mention, US is selling some more than 10 F-16s to Pakistan to combat Islamists there too.. you know Terrorists.. those terrorists who have huge armies and stufff...whom we can kill with all these killing machines. and yes sireee.. those very islamists and no no no.. not the Chinese.. what will Chinese do ? Oh nothing, Said Sir Donald.. just that sir Donald has no idea why Chinese defense budget is building greatly. On a serious note, this is the similar (not <i>same</i>) strategy used with USSR..and once that is agreed upon, we can debate on the likelihood of its success. (Why are Indian and US flags not one beside the other. Indian flag being below US flag..man this is...... total whining on my part..I guess even babies don't whine so much these days--for those who are offended, this was meant to be a joke, shoddy or otherwise.)</p> In pulp fiction, towards the end (I guess), our man Jules quotes Ezekiel 25:17 but then says to Ringo: But I’m tryin’, Ringo. I’m tryin’ real hard to be a shepherd. I am trying real hard not to laugh. First we have our very own USA (I am not a citizen, but I try to mean well) playing dollar auction with our very own Pakistan and our very own India. (not a quote)We now have our very own USA selling (I could have said our very own India is buying and it would mean the same..but just for effect, I stick to this) fighter aircrafts, Patriots Pac 3 missiles as against the old Pac 2′s which by the way are less advanced –for what ? combat Islamists ? oh btw, passing mention, US is selling some more than 10 F-16s to Pakistan to combat Islamists there too.. you know Terrorists.. those terrorists who have huge armies and stufff…whom we can kill with all these killing machines. and yes sireee.. those very islamists and no no no.. not the Chinese.. what will Chinese do ? Oh nothing, Said Sir Donald.. just that sir Donald has no idea why Chinese defense budget is building greatly. On a serious note, this is the similar (not same) strategy used with USSR..and once that is agreed upon, we can debate on the likelihood of its success. (Why are Indian and US flags not one beside the other. Indian flag being below US flag..man this is…… total whining on my part..I guess even babies don’t whine so much these days–for those who are offended, this was meant to be a joke, shoddy or otherwise.)

]]> By: Maitri http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/06/30/desifans_winds/comment-page-1/#comment-14653 Maitri Fri, 01 Jul 2005 02:52:17 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1792#comment-14653 <p>He writes well, writes on India and makes Babylon 5 references. Be still my beating heart.</p> <p>Let's hope the anti-terror campaign goes better in India than it is here.</p> He writes well, writes on India and makes Babylon 5 references. Be still my beating heart.

Let’s hope the anti-terror campaign goes better in India than it is here.

]]> By: vivekj http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/06/30/desifans_winds/comment-page-1/#comment-14651 vivekj Fri, 01 Jul 2005 02:32:25 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1792#comment-14651 <p>I guess your response is enough of an answer...</p> I guess your response is enough of an answer…

]]> By: Abhi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/06/30/desifans_winds/comment-page-1/#comment-14647 Abhi Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:47:56 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1792#comment-14647 <p>Joe, Was that a Babylon 5 reference? Nicely done.</p> Joe, Was that a Babylon 5 reference? Nicely done.

]]> By: Joe Katzman http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/06/30/desifans_winds/comment-page-1/#comment-14644 Joe Katzman Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:28:11 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1792#comment-14644 <p>You know, The Vorlon Question never really has an adequate answer....</p> <p>And as some of us know, it has an equally elusive Shadow Question: "What do you want/ desire?"</p> You know, The Vorlon Question never really has an adequate answer….

And as some of us know, it has an equally elusive Shadow Question: “What do you want/ desire?”

]]> By: vivekj http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/06/30/desifans_winds/comment-page-1/#comment-14642 vivekj Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:20:15 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1792#comment-14642 <p>who is this guy?</p> who is this guy?

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