[ideacrash]

The Hindu : Opinion / Leader Page Articles : War in our time: the myth of appeasement

could anyone tell me wat the author is trying to convey...

thanks in advance

[ubuntu]

Ya The Hindu is best to improve vocabulary !!
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[rishabhjn_4u]

Originally Posted by ideacrash

The Hindu : Opinion / Leader Page Articles : War in our time: the myth of appeasement

could anyone tell me wat the author is trying to convey...

thanks in advance

A very heave content ....I'll try to explain what author is trying to communicate and whatever I could understand..

The author has explained in this article how some countries like europian countries are backing US for appeasement to avoid war.author mentioned intially about the pressure which US is putting on UN to put sanctions on Iran otherwise it will go for war and if UN does whatever said by US then it will be like multilateral agency working like unilateral to appease US and avoid war.Then author compared the US - iraq war to the war in europe by Germany in 1938.smaller countries have two options one to accept all the demands of powerful country or to face war that is what happened in europe before second word war.In 1938,other europian countries forced munich to accept the demands of Germany to appease Germany and avoid war. saddam was very powerful dictator once but later when he became weak US threatened iraq to fulfill some demands and in order to avoid warS, UN and EU putted sanctions against iraq and used international coercion and inspection body so that iraq will accept all US demands and war can be avoided.But, the result we watched,war in this time. then author compared the same with iran, as US is putting some demands for Iran and iran is refusing.US is putting pressure on UN for this. UN and europian body is also backing US to appease US so that they can avoid war.with this point author is trying to prove that still some countries are supporting other countries and taking actions against weak to appease a powerful country.The author concluded the article by suggesting that the aggresstion should be opposed not appeased as it is happening from long time and this opposition should not be dependent on the identity of the agggressor but on the fact of aggression.

[charly]

Originally Posted by ideacrash

The Hindu : Opinion / Leader Page Articles : War in our time: the myth of appeasement

could anyone tell me wat the author is trying to convey...

thanks in advance

This is what i understand.

The meat of the article:- The scrouge of appeasement politics and its relevance today with iran.
Author says that none of countries prefer a full-out war and so countries always tried to appease the aggressor by forcing countries to accede to its demands. Thats where we have repeatedly floundered because such appeasement whets the aggressor's appetite to demand more.
US manipulated historical analogies of Hitler/Kosovo to polarize the world opinion against Iraq(ie Saddam) and since countries in UN and its fold tried to appease US(the aggressor)- we had a war. This is now again a possibility with Iran. US may again use its web of lies and force a war with Iran.Appeasement of US by coaxing more sanctions against Iran and trying to subdue Iran will lead to another war. Hence we must not appease US by succumbing to its might and oppose it tooth and nail against its aggression.

Comments welcome.

[CresCent]

hi all

Isnt it time we restarted this thread. I am not much of a newspaper reader. I will need all your help for this. I am starting with today's leader page article. I hope everybody else will help continue this thread.

India 2007: high growth, low development (Click for the main article)

This article is about the recent HDI rankings of the United nations Development Programme (UNDP). Among the 177 nations that the UNDP HDI looks at, India has been placed at a rank of 128 i.e in the bottom 50.

First and foremost we should look at what is this ranking about. The Human Development Index (HDI) is the measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, and standard of living for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being, especially child welfare. It is used to determine and indicate whether a country is a developed, developing, or underdeveloped country and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. Further, the index was developed in 1990 by Indian Nobel prize winner Amartya Sen, Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq, with help from Gustav Ranis of Yale University and Lord Meghnad Desai of the London School of Economics and has been used since then by the United Nations Development Programme in its annual Human Development Report. Read this for more info...

The article mostly has statistics that compares us with the rest of the nations, most of which have been in economic or war crisis but are still ranked higher than us. Our rise in the dollar billionaire rankings makes us rejoice but we are still ignorant to not understand that we are so much lagging in human development.

By the end of the article we are told that because of some 'Statistical Glitches' or ranking might be over-rated and we might actually be lower than what the rankings tell us today.
Read this - China Shrinks - International Herald Tribune

I hope I was helpful.

[sunil251]

Editorials are the best source to increase the vocubulary

[IAYF]

hey puys,
i believe that this thread can be put to better use by us...we can start contributing here regularly...but it wouldneed some regular participation from some of us to keep the momentum going...

so let's take this initiative and start posting here our views...now, get hold of that Editorial page and drop in a post here sometime soon...

[mohit1984]

The Hindu : Opinion / Leader Page Articles : The Sydney Test: will it revive fairness?


The Author Starts the Article by Juxtaposing the Imbroglio of Sydney Test with the Bodyline Technique adopted by the English in Early 1930s.The Author describes in brief Bodyline Technique and also presents the views of Past Cricketers from Australia and England who came together to Criticise the Technique.Then he goes on to say that Ongoing Sledging and Verbal Jousts adopted by Australian Cricketers is responsible for Mental Disintegration of their opponents same as Bodyline which was used for Physical Damage.He also praises the Stand of Australian Media and Past Cricketers who have Strongly Crticise the Attitude and Methodoligies Adopted by the Home Side.The Author is clearly in favor of Fair and Honest Cricket which should Provide Equal and Just ground for Both Participating Teams.The Author then Delves Deeper into Sledging Issue by Presnting his Views on Harbhajan Singh's Hearing.He presents some flaws and assumtions made by Mike Proctor and questions the validity of such a judgement.He also hints towards Biasing Policy Adopted by Procter by siting numerous examples.In the end he concludes by saying such practices adopted by Australian Team need to be countered by ICC by adopting New Strict Rules or else Australian Cricket will have to face the wrath of Collective Forces of Rest of World.

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[bdebbarma]

The Hindu : Opinion / Editorials : Little chance of success

Israel-Palestine conflict

Actors:
George W Bush, US president
Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
Arab League, UN, EU, Russia

Executive summary: (idea from The Economist magazine)
George Bush wishes to finsih his presidency (ending 2009) by atleast making some progress in this issue. But after years of negotiations there is no progress in the core issues. Major roadblock is the four “No’s” reieterated by Israel sine 1967 war
: no reaffirmation of the 1967 border; no return of refugees; no dismantlement of settlements; and no sharing of Jerusalem. This is the current stalemate and there is no solution in sight.

[mohit1984]

The Hindu : Opinion / Leader Page Articles : Democratic campaign: America at its best

The author starts by giving a background of US Primaries in which Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are tied at 1 each.He goes on by giving reasons why such result is beneficial in the long run for US Politics.He states that Unpredictiblity of Primary Results provides us with an insight into Voters Mind and shows that they do not Coronation but a well fought Contest.He also argues that such Close Faught Contest will help the Democrat Candidate to ward off the Republican Candidate easily.It will make them tough and they will be able to face any challenges thrown in by their Counterpart in General Elections.The author then digresses and praises the US Election Procedure and compares it with Parliamentary System in UK,India.The Author concludes by saying that Democratic Presidential Candidate will either be a Black African American or Woman who will bring Glory back to America and restore its values in the long run.

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