While setting up priorities between two almost identical issues of importance to the Nation, well, any simple wisdom will give a priority to National Security over an energy issue! If Nation is lost, what do we do with enormous energy? Further, the quantum of energy that is likely to be obtained, if at all we succeed amidst several risks in addition to the one of National security, is very meager and that too without any assurance of sustained supply of energy for ever! Under the circumstances, it does not warrant much thoughts to decide in favour of National security above all! How national security is in peril can be inferred from the sustained arrogant and dominant behaviours of US to annexe any nation for its own benefits at any cost by using its might as the world history reflects! Its illegitimate, unauthorized and illegal interference in internal affairs of Afghanisthan, Iraq, India-Pakistan and Israel-Palestinian and also the threatened interference in the matters of North and South Korea and Iran etc., are concrete evidences of its wickedness without any valued high moralistic principles! The entire world inclusive of a majority of population of U.S. itself opposed to its such activities of vandalism!
RE:Are top brass under threat of brain drain?
by Ravi Jain on Aug 21, 2007 10:11 AM Permalink
In this day and age, it is not possible to separate national security from energy. Assured energy is an integral part of national security. National security is not the same as what it was 50 years ago, i.e., ability to win in an all out war. Threats to national security these days come in the form of low intensity insurgencies (aided by enemies); threat to water, energy, infrastructure; exploiting societal fault lines such as religion, caste, language, etc. to create internal instability, etc. So, it is not possible to treat energy separate from natinal security.
Also, Indians need to grow up from their cold war mindset of painting US as evil (like this opinion above suggests). All mature and advanced societies achieve their prosperity by identifying their national interests and pursuing them single mindedly. That's what US does; that's what China does; that's why UK aligns itself with US slavishly; there is no shame in pursuing your national interests. We need to grow up and start pursuing our national interests unabashedly. If aligning with US in certain aspects is in our interests (in some aspects, it is) then we must do so, irrespective of what we think about the correctness of US involvement all over the world.
RE:Are top brass under threat of brain drain?
by raj on Sep 06, 2007 11:55 PM Permalink
You wrote your opinion without any understanding of the history. Iran which promote terrorism, North Korean leader keep his people under oppresion. Iranian president sounds like Hitler.He want wipe Isreal from the face of the earth. So you expect to US to be quite? Helloooo. South Korea and Isreal are their allies and friend. Countries like Iran and North Korea , Do you think they have political freedom or Human rights? Why dont you think about that before you shoot your mouth.
