From: javed@convex.com (Javed Akhtar) Subject: Re: The Stage is Being Set Nntp-Posting-Host: neptune.convex.com Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and not necessarily those of CONVEX. Lines: 65 In mukut@alioth.cc.nps.navy.mil (Devadatta Mukutmoni) writes: >In article tti@world.std.com (Joachim Martillo) writes: >>heap). Similarly, Malaysia was founded on the original sins of >>support for the axis and anti-Chinese racism on the part of >>intellectuals opposed to the heritage of Enlightenment. >> >This is really a strange target for Martillo. Malaysia has fully >vindicated itself since it shed its colonial yoke. It is a legitimate >economic success story. Its success may not be as dramatic as Japan >and Singapore; nevertheless it has fully vindicated itself. So, >advocating Anglo-colonialism is ludicrous for Malaysia. Next, I >suppose you will be advocating recolonization of China which is >probably experiencing one the greatest sustained economic booms in >the history of Mankind. > >>>Do you think present day England is in a position to set the stage for any >>>more colonization. They will be lucky if they can keep intact what they >>>have. >> >>With US assistance and proper agreements, redeployment of the British >>and French colonial empires would not be hard. Primitive 3rd world >>elites who resist and who incite resistance among their deluded, >>brainwashed and essentially enslaved populations would get the Iraq >>treatment. >> >Dream on. They are having problems even with deploying ground troops >in Bosnia. Public opinion dictates that loss of lives (even in >miniscule quantities), cannot be tolerated in the rich countries. >This is really wierd. If you come to think of it, the armed forces are >paid to basically to accept the risk of dying. If that danger is removed, >it then has to be viewed as welfare on a grand scale. But, that is exactly >what the public is saying. >The Iraqi operation lead to an extraordinary low level of casualties. >This is an anomaly. A combination of Iraqi incompetence and desert terrain. >Any future operation would lead to more casualties. For example the >bombing in Beirut lead to more GI deaths than the whole of Desert Storm. > >>Do you really think that scum like Nehru ever asked themselves whether >>the vast majority of Indians would be better off under British or >>local rule? Nehru was driven by a crude desire for power. >>Nationalism was just the vehicle whereby Indian nationalists persuaded >>a lot of poor deluded fools to die in order to give a small elite the >>power to exploit other Indians. >> >You obviously have some information that the rest of us are not >aware of. Otherwise, it is impossible to draw such outrageous conclusions. >Devadatta Santos Francois Peter Mustafa HuangHua Mukutmoni ********************************************************************* That's cool; I wish everyone had the smae kind of names; the world would certainly be a better place!! Javed ( the one with the name-fetish)