06-05-2010, 04:45 AM
[quote name='Swamy G' date='03 June 2010 - 06:53 PM' timestamp='1275570932' post='106704']
From the perspective of USA, Israel is to ME Asia, what is Pakistan is to India. Pakistan and Israel both exist because of the benevolence of USA. They were both created by Europe to take care of its dirty business. While India can learn several lessons from Israel on how it conduct its foreign policies, we should not forget it was the second country in 21st century to be created based on religion. Indians cannot help from admiring how Israel takes care of its dirty business, but we need to remember that all the three religions from the region have caused havoc on this planet. Presently Judaism has just taken the back seat giving the reins to its younger siblings.
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Yes, better to have a mostly neutral opinion here. Some Jews are very friendly to Hindus, while others act really racist and nasty, so I can't say if they are good or bad. Plus as Hindus we don't have a stake in the "Holy Land" like the Christian fundamentalists who see the Jews as preserving Jesus holy land for them. Israel is basically a useful arms supplier for India and the Jewish lobby can be a key ally in Washington. Not sure what else Hindus and Jews have in common besides a common enemy of Islamic extremism. Perhaps after the Oil industry collapses in the world, India will get much closer to Israel as being nice to Gulf Petro states won't be needed.
We want the enemies of Hinduism, Christian militants and Muslim militants fighting each other both in the world and in India. Remember earlier in the 20th century (esp. before 9/11), the Christians and Muslims ganged up against Hindus. Infact even after 9/11, Bush invited all the "religions" , he invited Christians, Jews, Muslims and even Sikhs but no Hindus. Why? Because Hindus are seen as "pagans" by the Abrahamic extremists, i.e. not "people of the book" and therefore don't worship the same "God". We want Jesus and Allah fighting each other in India (esp. places like Kerala and Andhra Pradesh)
From the perspective of USA, Israel is to ME Asia, what is Pakistan is to India. Pakistan and Israel both exist because of the benevolence of USA. They were both created by Europe to take care of its dirty business. While India can learn several lessons from Israel on how it conduct its foreign policies, we should not forget it was the second country in 21st century to be created based on religion. Indians cannot help from admiring how Israel takes care of its dirty business, but we need to remember that all the three religions from the region have caused havoc on this planet. Presently Judaism has just taken the back seat giving the reins to its younger siblings.
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Yes, better to have a mostly neutral opinion here. Some Jews are very friendly to Hindus, while others act really racist and nasty, so I can't say if they are good or bad. Plus as Hindus we don't have a stake in the "Holy Land" like the Christian fundamentalists who see the Jews as preserving Jesus holy land for them. Israel is basically a useful arms supplier for India and the Jewish lobby can be a key ally in Washington. Not sure what else Hindus and Jews have in common besides a common enemy of Islamic extremism. Perhaps after the Oil industry collapses in the world, India will get much closer to Israel as being nice to Gulf Petro states won't be needed.
We want the enemies of Hinduism, Christian militants and Muslim militants fighting each other both in the world and in India. Remember earlier in the 20th century (esp. before 9/11), the Christians and Muslims ganged up against Hindus. Infact even after 9/11, Bush invited all the "religions" , he invited Christians, Jews, Muslims and even Sikhs but no Hindus. Why? Because Hindus are seen as "pagans" by the Abrahamic extremists, i.e. not "people of the book" and therefore don't worship the same "God". We want Jesus and Allah fighting each other in India (esp. places like Kerala and Andhra Pradesh)