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To: goldsnow who wrote (6)	6/29/2002 10:48:23 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3959

Goldsnow, in 1947, during the partitioning of India, the departing British viceroy Lord Mountbatten had said that forming a nation on the basis of religion does not serve the goal of a country's survival. 25 years after the creation of Pakistan (West and East Pakistan), it broke up and proved Mountbatten to be true. The people of the East and West Pakistan were culturally different even though majority of them were Muslims. This was also what the founding Fathers of the US indicated when they The founding fathers did not want to give any specific religious faith the priviledge and hence the term "In God we Trust" and not "In Christ we Trust" even though they were all Christians. The framers of the Indian Constitution in 1947-1950 took the cue from the US and ensured that it was a "secular democracy" And that has paid off in that India has had Hindu Presidents and Muslim Presidents, Christian Cabinet Ministers and Buddhist leaders in govt. And you ask if that has paid off? Do you think it has paid off in the US? If your answer is no then where do you think the US gets all the money to send the massive aid to Israel and Egypt. So the US model has paid off, is it not? If so then the Indian model has paid off also. India does not get that massive economic aid any more, Its exports in the field of high tech and medicine are impressive. The Al Qaeda will never set foot in India even though India is the second largest Muslim country. Why? The Muslims there are happy to share power with those of other religious faiths and they shun the Islamic fundamentalist dogma. Besides they are not that economically depressed so as to readily embrace Islamic fundamentalism as in other countries such as Pakistan, Indonesia, Phillipines etc where there is also a sizeable Muslim population. Hence the term India is not Israel.

To: goldsnow who wrote (6)	6/30/2002 3:43:59 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 3959

The India-Israel-US axis to fight the Al Qaeda terrorism India seeking Israeli help to bolster air power -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arieh O'Sullivan Jun. 30, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- India's defense minister said over the weekend that his country is seeking to strengthen its air defenses by buying Israel's Arrow anti-ballistic missile system. In a rare reference to India's growing military relations with Israel, Yogendra Narain said India has already acquired the Arrow's Green Pine radar, capable of detecting incoming missiles from up to 500 kms away. "After discussions for the past three to four years, we have acquired a 'Green Pine' radar," Narain was quoted as saying in the Times of India. Israel has never officially confirmed any arms deal with India. Without the Arrow interceptors, Narain said, the Green Pine radar is currently used for "advance research." The radar system is a mobile, ground-based radar capable of tracking incoming missiles. It would have great strategic value along the Indian-Pakistani border, as it could cover all of Pakistan's military bases between Islamabad and the Indian frontier. The system reportedly lets India track Pakistan's nuclear centers and missile sites. The daily said India is also looking into the Russian S-300 anti-missile system, which is not yet operational. Israel and Russia are India's two main arms suppliers. India also wants to acquire the Phalcon airborne early-warning radar. Sale of both the Phalcon and the Arrow missiles would require US approval. India already has Searcher Mark II drones manufactured by Israel Aircraft Industries; one was shot down in Pakistan earlier this month. jpost.com