If body count be the metric on which guilt is established, I wonder whether we need to wonder at all as to who is a more guilty person - Bush (and Rumsfield)or Narendra Modi. By conservative estimates they would have killed 100 times over. Oh yes, they also got as many of their own (American soldiers) killed.
So, shall we say, the position espoused in this e-mail is a demonstration of typical American disregard of law. --- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Umesh: > > > >So with that analogy -- it doesn't seem that US is > taking that > >extreme step -- so does US really blame Modi for > hindu-muslim riots. > >I do not see US doing anything when riots are going > on anywhere - > >unless the terrorists bomb US -like in Sep11. > > > There are limits, boundaries which even a Bush > admin. or Wolfowitz or > Rumsfeldt would not cross, and should not. The > pogrom of Muslims in > Gujarat is a horrible stigma to the Indian > civilization. But that > notwithstanding, the USA cannot and should not > attempt to intervene > militarily. It should have ( I don't know if it did) > intervened > diplomatically. My guess would be is that it did, > perhaps to no > avail. But that is not an US failure: It was a > singularly Indian > failure. > > > Therefore, your doubts, as expressed in the > question" So why this > nonsense?" is an illustration of more of the same: > An appalling > Indian disregard to the rule of law. > > c-da > > > > > > > At 2:24 AM +0000 3/19/05, umesh sharma wrote: > >C-da, > > > >I cannot agree or disagree with you since the issue > u mention about > >Indira Gnadhi and Indian Americans reactions about > many issues - > >since I do not know anything about them. > > > >However, I would say that if my neighbour is > butchering his or her > >children -- I would enter by force --and stop > her/him. > > > >So with that analogy -- it doesn't seem that US is > taking that > >extreme step -- so does US really blame Modi for > hindu-muslim riots. > >I do not see US doing anything when riots are going > on anywhere - > >unless the terrorists bomb US -like in Sep11. > > > >So why this nonsense? > > > >Umesh > > > >Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Hi Umesh: > > > > > >At 9:58 PM +0000 3/18/05, umesh sharma wrote: > > > >>C-da, > >> > > > > > >I am not an expert on international visa law- but > if we start giving > >visas based on our perception of what happens in > other countries > >--then I would say that we are interfering in the > affairs of that > >nation. > > > > > > > >*** There is no such thing as Int'l Visa Laws. Each > country has its > >own rules, and often have agreements or > understandings for > >reciprocity etc. with other countries. And the more > powerful or > >influential a nation is, the more arbitrary they > can get about what > >they choose to do. > > > >However the US not granting a visa to Modi or > whoever, does not > >constitute interference with another country's > internal affairs. > >That complaint of interfering with the internal > affairs of another > >country usually emanates from people attempting to > keep their > >internal dirt under their rug. Unfortunately, or > fortunately in this > >case :-), there are people here in the USA who have > an interest in > >what goes on in India. I am certainly pleased to > see that the > >progressive desis here including Muslims ( I don't > automatically > >exclude them) > >chose to raise their voice and send a signal. > > > >Not that it is going to hurt Modi. If anything he > will now be a > >greater hero to all his supporters, all those > rioteous :-) Hindus > >who believe that India is theirs and Muslims don't > belong there. Who > >knows, he might become the supreme leader of the > BJP now. > > > > > > > >> > >> > >I do not know whether it is supposed to be ethical > that if there is > >a fight going on in a neighbor's house -- then you > stop letting a > >member from that family into your own house. That > is what Modi's > >visa stoppal amounts to be. > > > > > > > >*** Good analogy. What do you think? Would you > consider your > >neighborly and human duty to interfere with the guy > next-door > >attempting to butcher his children? What do you > think of Indira > >Gandhi's interfering with Pakistan's internal > affair when they were > >slaughtering B'Deshis? > > > >c-da > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > >> > >Umesh > > > > > > > >PS: I mentioned about the truth being what the > powerful say -- an > >instance -- the Union Carbide (USA's MNC) killed > 10,000 people in > >Bhopal in Dec 1984 and maimed 200,000 (and thats a > very hard and > >concrete fact) . > > > > > > > >Still India dare not ban it from its land --for the > fear that all US > >based MNCs would stop coming to India or that India > would stop > >getting defense supplies from powerful USA. If > India had been > >powerful - its truth would have prevailed and Union > Carbide (and its > >current owner Dupont) would be banned from India. > But weak India > >cannot implement something which is the truest of > the truths > > > > > >*** Business-interests often trump justice, doesn't > it? What do you > >think of it? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > >> > === message truncated ===> _______________________________________________ > Assam mailing list > Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > Mailing list FAQ: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html > To unsubscribe or change options: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
