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Joe Biden slips with his soldiers
The POTUS, who managed five draft deferments from going to Vietnam, is again found wanting in his treatment of the US soldier in Afghanistan Joe Biden is the 46th President of the United States, but not one of the 29 who served in the military, in some capacity. He had managed...
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Soldiers of no flag carry no allegiance
07 September 2021 | Bhopinder Singh -
3 years of unseen ‘Naya Pakistan’
31 August 2021 | Bhopinder Singh -
Image issues for Rambos, GI Joes
24 August 2021 | Bhopinder Singh -
Contours of the new ‘Axis of evil’
18 August 2021 | Bhopinder Singh -
Not really a game of sportsmanship
06 August 2021 | Bhopinder Singh -
Chinese get a taste of sour Pak soup
30 July 2021 | Bhopinder Singh -
The Triad’s influence is unlikely in Afghanistan
17 July 2021 | Bhopinder Singh
The dangerous habit of ‘reverse swing’
Despite the initial hoopla for changes with promises of ‘Naya Pakistan’, New Delhi has witnessed no U-turn of the type that it would rather see Like any successful and unhinged politician, cricketer Imran Khan can seamlessly usurp accolades for things that he often didn’t do himself, eg invent “reverse swing”,...
The US has aided extremism in Iran
The moderates had no substantive case to justify their re-election and their popularity plummeted, and the US facilitated their helplessness The history of the fractured US-Iranian relationship is fraught with deliberate amnesia and convenient posturing on both sides that lays a disproportionately large blame on the Iranian side, in driving Iran...
Diplomatic avenues across the sea
Politically and historically, India has always been a steadfast ally of the Maldives. At home or at global platforms, India selflessly watches its back The archipelagic nation of Maldives has witnessed tectonic undercurrents of geopolitical one-upmanship and unrest, which belie its idyllic perceptions. India’s historically benign and non-expansionist outlook ensured that...
Apolitical soldiers tire of bombast
The ‘nation-is-the-strongest-when-it-is-united’, as said by US President Joe Biden, holds true for all nations. The thought matters! There are frequently interchanged political expressions like the Right-wing, nationalistic or conservative, to suggest a certain typology in democracies, globally. Amongst the “Uniformed”/veteran communities, empirical data does suggest a historical bias towards these socially...
Foreboding future for ‘minorities’ in Af-Pak
Pakistan has bequeathed its cancerous approach onto the terror groups in Afghanistan, and the future of minorities there is dark and foreboding MA Jinnah’s first nominated Cabinet was more accommodative as compared to the Pakistani politics of today — he nominated JN Mandal, a Hindu, as the first Law Minister; Zafarullah...
Francophobic in ‘land of the pure’
Incited by an ultra-religious outfit, Pakistan is protesting France’s views on the freedom of speech and radical Islam The difference in the governance impulses and compulsions between the Fifth Republic, ie France, and the ostensible “land of the pure”, ie Pakistan, could not be more glaring. Like all nations who have...
Those who leave no man behind
Sadly, the age-old creed of nemo resideo was violated when the joint security team came under fire from Maoists in Chhattisgarh The professional construct of a military soldier is deliberately drilled and freighted with sacred ethos, timeless values and spirited regimentation that almost defy the modern-age perspectives of practicality, individualism and...
