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Will Maoists Arise Out Of Nepal's Ruins?

• http://original.antiwar.com, by Justin Raimondo

The devastating earthquake that hit Nepal, killing over 5,000 people – that we know of at this moment – and injuring many more, has many wondering: why hasn't the Nepalese government been much help? The answer is that Nepal has barely had a government, lo these many years: the country has been mired in political and ethnic feuds that have made any thought of having a functional government next to impossible.

Nepal in modern times has been engaged in a delicate balancing act, avoiding dominance or even outright absorption by its two big neighbors: India and China. The former has already gobbled up Sikkim, a formerly independent Himalayan kingdom even smaller than Nepal, and the Indian imperialists have been battering at the gates for quite some time.


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