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If type 26 is indeed proceeded with as the basis after this cost review...we will have it then....maybe next year sometime. For time being we can assume very close to type 26 overall given lockheed martin design negotiation went quite quickly. Right now the final design (phase 3) is still...

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/budget-watchdogs-reports-on-major-naval-projects-now-delayed Two reports by the parliamentary budget officer looking into the costs of major Canadian naval equipment projects have been delayed. The Commons Standing Committee on Government...

Yeah I might move some of them later to the IND - PAK debate thread...given straying of topic ...., I was bringing up a point on narratives entrenched (so it just depends on your narrative in the end) and fact India has recognised "rebel" govts in conflict with their larger govts before. This...

OK lets see heh. It was fun debating you as always...I have to take off now. I feel joe needs to add some stuff to the convo as he sees fit too in the interim.

You are not coming at this from an angle that would have been conducive from say original initiation of Pakistan. Where there is a will there is a way...given the infinite potential and possibility of mankind. Thing is Pakistan's powerful had already cast their lot on what they saw for their...

Bangladesh could convene one as required....on their terms and diplomatic backing given by India and USSR. Get some NAM countries on board too. Well that was the best time to go for it (again panzerkiel is good to approach on his views on it). This is all mostly a futile conversation now...

Well I feel it would have been better than the alternative. At least give the guy a chance. If it fails, devolve more powers into each wing over time. There was so much that could have been done peacefully and logically.

Like I said, I don't gloat about it. What you got by turning the Bangladeshis against you is on your cabal. Yahya, Bhutto and the rest. It would have just been better for all involved if Pakistan power-wielders (by design or chance) had a different attitude to its citizens...and stayed united...

I would ask you to take up the matter with Panzerkiel. He has given quite a different appraisal of the situation if India decided to push after defeating 1 army given concept of getting an army split into 2 to defeat 1 at a time. He spoke to me and Joe on it couple of times even, what he would...

Yah hence I mean make the whip more procedural in (democratic) recourses available if its broken past well defined threshold. There is lot of options here for parliamentary democracies, compared to US system actually. I do not think a "fire/replace/muzzle at will" will cut it (well)....because...

This video by Shekhar Gupta take on the Thailand power dynamics (i.e protests that have come up because of this below average general in power and clearly below average King now).....stays mostly on the surface (i'd estimate maybe a 25% depth penetration, given he missed out on the clergy side...

Pity the audio from Admiral end was not too good, there was a lot of good points raised in this discussion:

https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/cabinet-nod-to-defence-ministry-s-proposal-to-sign-beca-with-united-states-of-america/671017 New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has cleared the defence ministry’s proposal to sign the BECA or Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement with the United States of...

Thanks for reply, I'll continue this convo a bit later with a bit more of what I know from my experience that I think can be applied...time is a bit short for me right now.

Joe, in the end this whole matter is kind of splitting hairs I feel....we are just going to go in circles and get dizzy I feel...since there is a significant chasm in political divide too that has now set into firm concrete into the very ethos of these nations I feel. The worst poignant...

Yah but this is slippery slope to over-legislate with a severe control etc. (given a representative in the end is acting in the represenation of votes he got from people)...especially given it can be abused by changing goalposts for say party purist higher ups to purge say more bipartisan...

Its a commendable effort to update us all. Much appreciated. The basic concept is likely to be easily understood by most readers, but let me pose a few questions and topics to take this a bit further maybe here (and/or maybe a follow up part 2 for later at your discretion): 1) What do you...

Nope this is another Lahiri (he is based here in Canada at UBC), more low key compared to your batchmate. I would read his paper I put up there, its quite good and gives lot of context....but alas it didn't prevent the inevitable downstream bhakt-cherrypick phenomenon though...

Its in French Guiana, or French exercise with another nation in S. America?