--- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gabriel, > Bully's way? What do you call Portugal's absurd > sophistry that they would NOT follow Britain and > France out of colonial India because it was an > "overseas province"? What "intelligent" solution > would YOU have used in the face of such > intransigence?
Patience and perserverance, within the directives of the UN. "Estado da India Portuguesa" was no figment of imagination of Salazar. Note that Goa was called the "Estado da India Portuguesa" since circa 1757, when the government of Marques de Pombal under Dom Jose I recognised all Portuguese Indians (inc. Goa, Damão and Diu) as Portuguese Citizens, and equal status under the law, with the Metropolitan Portuguese. Neither the Brits nor the French had such a relationship with their colonies, nor did the Portuguese with their colonies in Africa or SE Asia; thus Goa, Damao, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli (parts of the Estado da India Portuguesa) were unique in this respect. > Mario asks: > > > Can you provide some evidence that the > Chinese-Indian > conflict had ANYTHING to do with Goa? Plenty of evidence. Most convincing for you would probably be a paper published in 1984 by Lt. Cmdr. James Barnard CALVIN of the U. S. Navy, entitled "THE CHINA - INDIA BORDER WAR (1962)" ( http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1984/CJB.htm ). Paragraphs include: "In 1959, India initiated a forward policy of sending Indian troops and border patrols into disputed areas. This program created both skirmishes and deteriorating relations between India and China. The 1961 Indian invasion of Portu- gese Goa further alarmed Chinese officials in Peking." "By 1961, India had acquired aircraft, helicopters, engi- neering and other military equipment from the United States and Russia. Thus equipped, the Indian army invaded Portugese Goa in December, 1961. Goa was rapidly constitutionally in- corporated into the Indian republic. Although no real pro- tests or opposition occurred as a result of this action, the annexation of Goa reinforced China's view of India as being expansionistic." Therefore bye-bye to "Hindi-Chini bhai-bhai" and the Panchsheel Pact. Incidentally, "The easy victory over the Portuguese encouraged the hope of similar success against the Chinese. Nehru had repeatedly assured Parliament and public that the Army and other services were stronger than they have been, and were ready to defeat any challenges to the integrity of India. The Indian army would quickly teach the Chinese a lesson in the event of a conflict. Nehru said that the boundary dispute with China was more important to India than a hundred Goas." (http://www.centurychina.com/plaboard/uploads/1962war.htm). Sad to say, numbers of Indian lives later, India lost large chunks of Indian territory to China. > Gabriel, make up your mind. Was India a "bully" or > a > "coward"? BTW, "coward" is defined as "one who > shows > disgraceful fear or timidity." Cowards, by > definition, do not intimidate anyone. A "bully" picks on someone else with inferior qualities as a way to get power, or to get their way, or to feel important. A "bully" usually turns into a "coward" when confronted with someone with equal or greater qualities. I suggest you study what others have to say about school-ground and work-place bullying. One of my cousins, who did military service in Angola, has this to say: "One who stands behind a gun is a coward and a bully". This is my last reply to this topic. Cheers, Gabriel. ____________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News: Get the latest news via video today! http://au.news.yahoo.com/video/
