Posted on 01/31/2005 10:52:47 PM PST by Srirangan
Umm,have you ever heard of the (proposed) policies of the Maoists in Nepal??First it's the usual stuff of finishing off the Monarchy etc & then to distance Nepal from India.The Indian military has opened several lines of credit enabling the RNA to buy Advanced light helicopters,'Lancer' CAS choppers,artillery & other weapons.I find your logic of India abetting the Maoists in Nepal in order to protect itself bizarre to say the least.The Maoists in Nepal are ideologically affiliated to their buddies in Bihar-what makes you think they will stop with Nepal??The US,UK & India have all increased help to Nepal with the express purpose of weakening Chinese expansion to the region,with the UK having given money for 2 MI-17 choppers.
I once met an Indian evangelist working in Nepal who said that it is common knowledge there that the current king & his offspring,Paras engineered the assasinations of King Mahendra & his family in 2001 in order to assume power.Gyanendra was supposedly not in favour of greater democracy,which would dilute the monarchy's power.It was Mahendra,who under Indian pressure,established a democratic government in Nepal.Hence Gyanendra was seen by many intell agencies in India as being against New Delhi & therefore pro-Beijing.
Democracy must be the current buzzword internationally.
I have been amazed at how many, and who began applying the term 'terrorists" to their enemies to justify themselves over the last couple of years.
Now we have the Monarch of a country who has just exercised the ultimate totalitarian authority by disolving everything and putting himself in charge, and claims he is doing so in the name of democracy.
It's all about the terminology. Sheesh.
Didn't Godzilla defeat Gyanendra?
Ah, a Rush fan! Love that album!
This obviously biased Reuters story leads me to believe that th eking is the good guy in all this. Hopefully it plays out well.
Is India supporting him?
India raises alarm, says its a setback to democracy
Reuters
Posted online: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 at 1626 hours IST
Updated: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 at 1637 hours IST
New Delhi, February 1: Nepali King Gyanendra's decision to sack the government and assume power was a setback to democracy and would benefit Maoist rebels fighting against the monarchy, India said on Tuesday.
New Delhi's criticism came hours after Gyanendra fired Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, declared a state of emergency and assumed power saying the leadership had failed to hold elections or restore peace shattered by an increasingly violent Maoist revolt.
"These developments constitute a serious setback to the cause of democracy in Nepal and cannot but be a cause of grave concern to India," an Indian foreign ministry statement said.
"The latest developments in Nepal bring the monarchy and the mainstream political parties in direct confrontation with each other," it said.
"This can only benefit the forces that not only wish to undermine democracy but the institution of monarchy as well," it said referring to the Maoists who have been fighting since 1996 to topple the monarchy and establish Communist rule.
India is Nepal's largest trading partner and the two countries have strong religious and cultural links. They also share an open border and tens of thousands of poor Nepalis work in India.
http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=41473
The King is seen as pro China, and till now has favoured peace and talks with Maoists, although he claimed to dismiss the democratic govt due to the "govt's failures" with regard to the Maoist insurgency.
We have an individual like that here in America.
He is known as 'Howard Dean'.
Wow, thanks for the quick info.
All your Himalayan Kingdom are belong to us.
When you ASSUME, you make and ASS of U and ME.
I'm not too fond of Monarchism my own durned self.
This is one of the few examples in history where the transition to a constitutional monarchy was probably an unwise decision.
Nepalese public opinion is notoriously fickle.
The government of India is doing everything within its capacity-and keep in mind, it has to concern itself with jihadi incursions into Kahmir, Qaeda agents being funneled into Bangladesh in order to support the insurgency there, and a host of other internal rebellions-to stop the Maoist terrorists from seizing control of Nepal.
They interdict arms shipments on a routine basis.
It is ludicrous to even suggest that the Indian government-even one controlled by the socialist Congress Party-would want a proxy government, established by PRC-inspired henchman, on their border.
:)
By cutting off the funding source, you are effectively cutting off the oxygen supply that fuels the fire, which means that it will soon be extinguished.
These insurrections/terrorist campaigns are fueled almost exclusively by money and grievance. Once you have a government-as in the cases of the current Sinhalese government in Colombo, or the current British government at 10 Downing Street-that is willing to address the demands of the aggrieved minority in an honest manner, all you need to do is quell the flow of blood money into the center of the conflict.
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