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To: Incorrigible
I know it's a bummer for US born programmers to see the trend towards off shore development ... but the benefit may be a strong ally in the fight against Islamic fascism.

Unfortunately, I'd suspect that prospect doesn't do much to make unemployed American programmers sleep any better at night.

And lets face it, India has a lot of personnel they can put on the ground should it come to that.

Sure, but will they? The Islamic fascists are relatively weak - they only have the capacity to actively threaten one foe at a time. When they intrude across the LoC, they threaten India and not the U.S. When they fly planes into American buildings packed with people, they threaten the U.S. and not India. Unless there was a military alliance (a la NATO) involving both us and the Indians, I don't see how relevant it is that the Indians have a lot of personnel. They're not about to put them on the ground for our fight any more than we are for theirs. Maybe in the future when the Islamic totalitarians are more powerful, they'll pose a worldwide threat and necessitate a unified response but so far they're not there... and judging by our President's actions vis a vis Iraq, it doesn't look like we're about to let them ever get there.

8 posted on 02/09/2003 4:14:03 PM PST by AM2000
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