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2008-08-17 India-Pakistan

Baloch separatists call Balochistan an 'occupied land'

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Posted by Fred 2008-08-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 I support the territorial integrity of Pakistan and self determination for the Balochis.

And don't contradict me here.

Posted by McZoid 2008-08-17 01:52|| 2008-08-17 01:52|| Front Page Top

#2 McZoid --- you must be givin' text to Obama's talks off teleprompters, cause you string together three and four syllables words together that sound brilliant, but make absolutely no sense.

My reading comprehension skills allow me to speculate, that like Obama, following Kerry, you just stated, "I actually did vote for it before I voted against it."

You devil you, state a contradicting statement, then challenge us with "And don't contradict me here."

None here at Rantburg are really that dumb.

My vote? I vote you off the island. You can do better than this.... Too much Saturday nite up there in Vancouver?

Posted by Sherry">Sherry 2008-08-17 02:24|| 2008-08-17 02:24|| Front Page Top

#3 MZ, pray remember how the democratic Athenians treated their dissidents.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-08-17 06:13|| 2008-08-17 06:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Sherry, thought he is somewhere in Ontario, no?

Posted by Spike Uniter 2008-08-17 07:16|| 2008-08-17 07:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Well I think its a curious question now that the Kosovo situation is settled, and still in the dust up over S.Ossetia.
Who exactly has the right of independence? Anyone who claims it? We've taken the cork out of the bottle so to speak, expect about a hundred separatist movements to flare up now.

And I see what you are saying McZoid, if you think about it for more than 2 seconds it makes sense.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-08-17 10:00|| 2008-08-17 10:00|| Front Page Top

#6 It's quite possible to have local self-rule within national borders. The Native American reservations have that, as does California. They just don't make their own international policy or have standing armies, and if they disagree with federal policy with regard to highways or education, they need not take federal funds, unless an issue regarding Constitutional rights is involved.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-08-17 12:39|| 2008-08-17 12:39|| Front Page Top

#7 Who exactly has the right of independence?

Our Declaration of Independence settled that issue back in 1776 - "all men are endowed with certain unalienable rights, that among them are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure those rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."

The problem is to have the capability to defend that government against those that would oppose it. We had that acted out this past week as Russia crushed the Georgian nation as Georgia tried to impose its writ throughout its territory. Georgia may end up losing considerable territory and population because Russia opposes Georgia's freedom.

If you're going to declare independence, you need to be willing and able to defend it. The politicians of the United States learned that in 1776, but seems to have forgotten it lately.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-08-17 16:02|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-08-17 16:02|| Front Page Top

#8 [McZoid has been pooplisted.]

Posted by McZoid 2008-08-17 20:15|| 2008-08-17 20:15|| Front Page Top

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