Miscellaneous News

[DavidChou]

PS to the Mods

I didn’t know the closing of PDF was already being discussed here so I made a whole new thread about it. You can delete that thread if you want.

I don't understand the "design choice" of this forum, SDF -- it's really unwieldy with everything jumbled up in a (relatively) few threads, such that even a veteran user as yourself can't easily check to see whether a topic's already under discussion...what gives????

WTF is the utility in having literally everything conceivably "Miscellaneous" under one damned thread instead of one sub-forum as is common practice online????

Is this just the "Inscrutable Oriental Mind" at work LOL

 

[DavidChou]

We had the same sort of reputation with the Swiss then CryptoAG leaks happened and Switserland has been a US controlled province all along.

Hey is it possible for you to expound on this? I don't get the reference -- are you referring to Edward Snowden or something -- and am not sure what to even look for (search terms/keywords)...thanks!

 

[gelgoog]

Hey is it possible for you to expound on this? I don't get the reference -- are you referring to Edward Snowden or something -- and am not sure what to even look for (search terms/keywords)...thanks!

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[DavidChou]

Iran is a pariah in a large part of the world. Ethiopia is landlocked and just went through a devastating civil war with more to come soon. Both aren't likely to survive in its current form within 50 years.

Wait, what -- by that logic, you wouldn't expect North Korea, either...or Taiwan, even, to survive another fifty years...???

Seriously wish you would elaborate, please. Which other countries do you honestly expect to collapse?

 

[TaskDakota]

yes … as it seems, but I don’t know why?!

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Interestingly, historyofpia forum was also shut down for a bit but that's now up. No idea if it's related or not.

 

[Dalit]

Seems like there will be an exodus here, hope the mods are ready for them and maintain the site quality.

Don't worry. Most will be heading to defencehub.

 

[Dalit]

Shocking. I no longer post there but I use PDF as a news aggregator. I always pick up some interesting news there that I otherwise would have missed.

Hopefully things at PDF will be resolved and it can soon re-open.

PS to the Mods

I didn’t know the closing of PDF was already being discussed here so I made a whole new thread about it. You can delete that thread if you want.

Realistically speaking, it is the end of PDF. This site won't be coming online anytime soon. I had been a member of that site for over 20 years. Before that pakistanidefence.com that also ended in similar fashion.

 

[FriedButter]

WTF is the utility in having literally everything conceivably "Miscellaneous" under one damned thread instead of one sub-forum as is common practice online????

You are on the sub forum already. Members club room. It is just that everyone flocks to the miscellaneous news thread within the sub forum because it is simply more convenient to use.

 

[DavidChou]

You are on the sub forum already. Members club room. It is just that everyone flocks to the miscellaneous news thread within the sub forum because it is simply more convenient to use.

Here's what I mean; which is more semantically rich (never mind convenient)?

"Forum-Top-Level > Members Only > Miscellaneous News == One Yuuuge Thousands-of-Pages-Long-Multiyear-Thread for A, B, C...X, Y, Z"

Or, as is common practice practically everywhere else online:

"Forum-Top-Level > Miscellaneous News > Thread A, Thread B, Thread C...Thread X, Thread Y, Thread Z"

 

[TK3600]

Pakistan under the current military regime is dangerous and unpredictable. Pakistan unlike Iran is in the business of appeasement. Iran has a very clear stance with regards to US policies etc. The Pakistani decsionmakers are only interested in running their economy through IMF loans. The Pakistani generals have business interests in the US. Most of these generals retire in Western capitals. In other words, the generals are in the business of keeping all sides happy irrespective of making the right choice. We have witnessed that the Pakistani generals are willing to overthrow a chosen leader at the orders of the Americans. That is dangerous.

China is historically a great ally of Pakistan. The vast majority of Pakistanis both abroad and in Pakistan trust China blindly. Simply because China has withstood testing times. What I fear are the current crop of duplicitous Pakistani generals. China needs to calculate every step with regards to Pakistan. I understand that China won't agitate and Interfere. China isn't the US. Nevertheless, China should keep a close eye on the decsionmakers in Pakistan. These so-called leaders are untrustworthy.

Pakistan is headed for turbulent times in the near future. Probably elections will be held early next year after Imran Khan is eliminated. What happens after this is anyone's guess.

Once again proves non-interference policy is a mistake.