Seems most of my free time goes into researching China and what new nefarious activities they are up to, and now I have found a new line of research to keep me occupied for a while.
The 1962 Sino-Indian War is something I think I need to understand to understand China now -- What on earth was the war about? I am wondering if it had something to do with Tibet... in fact, I would bet serious money it had a lot to do with Tibet.
Has anyone else noticed that the attack date of October 20, 1962, is right on top of the Cuban missile crisis? Its just a couple days after the Cuban Missile Crisis began. This, without further research, indicates to me that it was timed, and that maybe Russia played a hand in the Sino-Indian War -- Did Russia orchestrate the two simultaneous events with the goal of bringing India more directly under Soviet control? I know that India at the time had a strong leaning toward communism, but wasn't really towing the Party-line; maybe the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis had more to do with India than Cuba...
I will research this, but hopefully I can restrain myself for a couple of days, as I have a test in Intermediate Microeconomics on Monday, which I really really really need to study for. If anyone happens to know more on the subject, feel free to post and tell me about it. :)
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Sri Lanka Heads for Despotism
.... of course...
Honestly, who in the world didn't see this coming?
Here is the article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8506563.stm
Just a few months ago, the Sri Lankan government won a decades-long civil war against the "Tamil Tigers." The rebels were internationally listed as a terrorist organization, for reasons I cannot currently recall... the world seemed at the time to be overjoyed at their defeat. But now that the rebels are gone, what reason does the Sri Lankan government have to appear to be the good-guys?
I am not really on any side here -- I am merely saying, objectively, that the move by Sri Lanka's president is totally logical, exactly the same thing done by dozens of other precedents around the world.
When his election victory was called into question, he promptly dissolved the Parliament and had his opposition arrested. Who else has done this? Burma (Myanmar, now)... Chile... Thailand... every single African country... most of the Latin American countries.... former Soviet "republics"... heck, the whole world!
Where will Sri Lanka go now? Probably, it will say that the current dissolution of the Parliament is only temporary, and that they want to "stabilize" and guide the economy (precedent: China) and maybe write a new constitution. Sri Lanka is in for at least a decade of political upheaval, and probably international "sanctions" (I put the word in "" b/c there are two uses of the word, each exactly contrary to each-other), withdrawal of embassies, etc., until the people have yet another revolution, either civil or not so civil.
I'm just saying... of course...
Honestly, who in the world didn't see this coming?
Here is the article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8506563.stm
Just a few months ago, the Sri Lankan government won a decades-long civil war against the "Tamil Tigers." The rebels were internationally listed as a terrorist organization, for reasons I cannot currently recall... the world seemed at the time to be overjoyed at their defeat. But now that the rebels are gone, what reason does the Sri Lankan government have to appear to be the good-guys?
I am not really on any side here -- I am merely saying, objectively, that the move by Sri Lanka's president is totally logical, exactly the same thing done by dozens of other precedents around the world.
When his election victory was called into question, he promptly dissolved the Parliament and had his opposition arrested. Who else has done this? Burma (Myanmar, now)... Chile... Thailand... every single African country... most of the Latin American countries.... former Soviet "republics"... heck, the whole world!
Where will Sri Lanka go now? Probably, it will say that the current dissolution of the Parliament is only temporary, and that they want to "stabilize" and guide the economy (precedent: China) and maybe write a new constitution. Sri Lanka is in for at least a decade of political upheaval, and probably international "sanctions" (I put the word in "" b/c there are two uses of the word, each exactly contrary to each-other), withdrawal of embassies, etc., until the people have yet another revolution, either civil or not so civil.
I'm just saying... of course...
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