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Actually, this is an excellent initiative and should be encouraged in a bipartisan manner. ISRO is one of the last bastions of science in thought and action left in the country. I haven't heard of these particular educational institutions, but there have been others, from which I had recruited...

Pakistan is not going to be disappointed, because Pakistan is never disappointed. That is where Indian analysis and observation fails totally; Indian analysts expect somebody whom they oppose to behave in ways that they wish would happen. Two points, and it is best left at that: The Pakistani...

You overlooked the almost ludicrous dependence of the Wehrmacht on livestock for its transport and logistics. Or maybe it was the 800 lb. guerilla in the room; the complete mismatch of the Reich production machinery, Schacht notwithstanding, with the Soviet system.

It is perhaps here that Hitler's lack of mental balance did the most damage. Shifting from the Moscow axis to head towards the Caucasus and the Donbas was a certifiable act.

Point made, but not necessarily valid. The Einsatzgruppen were largely psychopaths; while there is a liberal-pacifist-conscientous objector trope of a psychopathic disposition being a necessary part of being a good soldier, most formations are made up of perfectly normal people, who abhor...

He was always an idiot who went in where he was not wanted. Asterisks indicate danger to life. Malakand Field Force* Omdurman* Boer War* (after Gallipoli) Western Front* Sidney Street* The Rhine crossings* Each and every one. The Rhine crossings were only the last in the list. There were also...

Not a clown. A piece of pig-shit. Don't waste your time reading him, or about him. Have you spent time in the past examining lumps of pig-shit? If not, why do you want to start now?

Yes, it is only fair that I put my thoughts together and put them in front of you, but I have to plead a continued malaise, a sickness of mind and soul that simply refuses to let me function effectively. I need a day or two more.

It is astonishing that Pakistan has survived its leadership so far. That might lead to a trapped feeling, and a reluctant surrender to @Kaptaan 's thesis, that there is an underlying centripetal force that has held what we now recognise in state form as Pakistan, and that this force has existed...

LOL. For those who know you, no explanation of your intellectual outlook is necessary. You will always dominate, through intellect and generosity of your engagement with any interlocutor, any group that you choose to join. NB: This does not amount to an unquestioning acceptance of all your...

Oh, I'm fine. I have my good days.....:D

Our only valid channel of communication is @Saiyan0321

Where did you get this? This is the most complete account of the siege of Skardu that I have read, although it differs in material ways from the abbreviated narrative that I have read.

I am always ready to illuminate a particular incident, but this was an especially divisive one. It is not that this is taboo, but it is very painful to hear aggressive discussions.

LOL. You will notice my adherence to the wise old adage,"Discretion is the better part of valour." Jokes apart, I lost no time in reproducing your note in a forum where there are Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Indian members.

No. From an outsiders' point of view, it was much more than that.

<gasp!> Oh, really? Why on earth would that have happened? Sorry, but this was the most entertaining throw-away line of all.

LOLOL. All he had to do was to change into fresh clothes, buy a cheap suitcase and further changes, a toothbrush and a tube of toothpaste, and catch the right trains. I was gobsmacked to read this post.

Heh, heh, heh......I think it is better let go and allow mistakes to be made.

Clearly, we are privileged to read the views of a diligent student of geo-politics. While the broad conclusions are interesting, some of the discussion is deeply tinted.