Dear Gabe, Just as well. The world was beginning to tire of it's only superpower acting like a spoilt child and stepping into other people's crap even when not wanted. Singlehandedly it belittled the United Nations and trivialized it's purpose. With the help of it's client state Britain under Blair and now with the backing of Canada whose beacon under Trudeau upto Chretien once guided peace among quarelling nations and whose respect is now in tatters under Uncle Sam's client Prime Minister Harper, it has made nonsense of the sovereignity of nations.
In my lifetime and that of my father before me, the word America was a shining beacon for prosperity and democracy. The hungry and the deprived could count on it for sustenance at every turn. No longer. It is a country now bankrupt of morals and money overflowing only with the technology of arms and the weird determination to quell the desires of those who they once helped and now kill. The American people should be happy that there is a Putin to resist them where for a long time there was nobody. Russia was a true friend to India when India sorely needed one. India would not have had the chance to prosper as it does today if America's once solid backing of Pakistan was not equally solidly countered by the Big Bear. While America talked of abiding interests not abiding friendships, the Russian people took the Indians and clasped them to their bosoms. While acting like hypocrites on the Crimea issue, America thinks the world has forgotten Cuba. For the world to become a better place America included, Russia must regain its former power and influence and Putin is the man to accomplish it. By abstaining on the Crimea vote, India repays a small marker to its steadfast friend. And for this little moment, to hell with the Yankees and their money which can be pumped out of India as easily as it was pumped in. Roland. Sent from Samsung Mobile -------- Original message -------- From: Gabe Menezes <[email protected]> Date: 19-03-2014 1:45 PM (GMT-05:00) To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Subject: [Goanet] Fait accompli.... ...the take over of Goa by India and now the takeover/take back of Crimea by Russia. In a sense it was democratic when over 90% voted to join Russia; it is too late for Goa, if a vote was held tomorrow the majority in Goa (outsiders) would vote to remain in India. India has taken the side of the Russians and will not vote against Russia, China on the other hand abstained at the U.N. - they have their own problem w.r.t. Tibet! -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
