Comments on: Eric Margolis http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/09/21/eric-margolis-22/ Interviews of foreign policy experts, writers and activists. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:11:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/09/21/eric-margolis-22/comment-page-1/#comment-6291 Joe Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:44:09 +0000 http://antiwar.com/radio/?p=3935#comment-6291 It is more than a territory dispute for India. The war in 1962 has become a national shame and humiliation for the Indians because they lost the "war"/skirmish so lopsidedly, so quickly and so unexpectedly. The Indians planned to attack the Chinese, but the Chinese found out and struck first, which caught the Indian troops totally off guards. The whole country went into shock and mourning, and judging by their newspapers, the Indians still haven't completely recovered from the aftermath. There are countless articles about how heroic those Indian solders were and how valiantly they fought -- as if their manhood were somehow lost in their brief war. It is more than a territory dispute for India. The war in 1962 has become a national shame and humiliation for the Indians because they lost the "war"/skirmish so lopsidedly, so quickly and so unexpectedly. The Indians planned to attack the Chinese, but the Chinese found out and struck first, which caught the Indian troops totally off guards. The whole country went into shock and mourning, and judging by their newspapers, the Indians still haven't completely recovered from the aftermath. There are countless articles about how heroic those Indian solders were and how valiantly they fought — as if their manhood were somehow lost in their brief war.

]]> By: dnn http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/09/21/eric-margolis-22/comment-page-1/#comment-6286 dnn Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:47:13 +0000 http://antiwar.com/radio/?p=3935#comment-6286 Israel is indias biggest supplier of weapons and military equipment. This might lead to China supplying Iran with stuff, just like russia did after Israel started arming the georgians Israel is indias biggest supplier of weapons and military equipment.

This might lead to China supplying Iran with stuff, just like russia did after Israel started arming the georgians

]]> By: Guest http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/09/21/eric-margolis-22/comment-page-1/#comment-6285 Guest Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:00:34 +0000 http://antiwar.com/radio/?p=3935#comment-6285 A clarification concerning the 1962 Sino-Indian Border War: Mr. Margolis mentioned the war was fought in Arunachal Pradesh in the Northeast of India. Actually, the war was fought primarily over the Aksai Chan region in the Northwest, a lifeless, nearly uninhabited desert claimed by both India and China, but thru which China had built a highway in the 1950's. India became alarmed by this, sending in troops to intimidate the Chinese into leaving. The Chinese attacked India in 1962, booting them out of Aksai Chan and also briefly occupying India's Arunachal Pradesh, but later withdrawing from here of their own accord. However they did remain in Aksai Chan and the territory remains disputed over to this day. Anyways Mr. Margolis did mention the Aksai Chan dispute but not in terms of it being the cause of the 1962 war. A clarification concerning the 1962 Sino-Indian Border War: Mr. Margolis mentioned the war was fought in Arunachal Pradesh in the Northeast of India. Actually, the war was fought primarily over the Aksai Chan region in the Northwest, a lifeless, nearly uninhabited desert claimed by both India and China, but thru which China had built a highway in the 1950's. India became alarmed by this, sending in troops to intimidate the Chinese into leaving. The Chinese attacked India in 1962, booting them out of Aksai Chan and also briefly occupying India's Arunachal Pradesh, but later withdrawing from here of their own accord. However they did remain in Aksai Chan and the territory remains disputed over to this day. Anyways Mr. Margolis did mention the Aksai Chan dispute but not in terms of it being the cause of the 1962 war.

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