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India-US: Hazardous days ahead


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m mani
INDO-US
by m mani on Aug 21, 2009 02:24 PM

World does not seems to understand that the PAK nukes are already in the hands of Terrorist in uniform.

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Rivka Mishra
The importance of democracy
by Rivka Mishra on Jun 10, 2009 01:56 PM

In the long term, what will be of benefit to the US is that it has a democratic ally in South Asia. I don't think their planners will make the same mistake as during the Cold War when they gave military aid to Pakistan.

Obama doesn't need to establish a Palestian state. There is aldready a Palestinian authority which needs economic support.

There need not be a contradition between a pro-democracy stance in the Middle East and support to India.

In any case, it is too early to say what Obama means to do. The reality the US is faced with in Pakistan and Afghanistan is not something they can get out of using diplomacy alone.

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Manoj M
How things changed
by Manoj M on Jun 02, 2009 12:17 PM  | Hide replies

Few months back people were all abusing Bush & waiting for Obama to take over. Where are they now? Did anybody finally realize that Bush was a friend & Obama is not?

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Gaurab Sengupta
Re: How things changed
by Gaurab Sengupta on Aug 22, 2009 12:07 AM
You've hit on a crucial point, Manoj. Unfortunately, Indians (especially) in 2003, were shedding tears for Iraqis and flying French and German flags at Gas Stations to show solidarity behind those who were against President Bush.

I'm not saying what he did was right, but what was between the US and Iraq was none of our business. We should have been more concerned about the 2 indians who couldn't get to a hospital and died in Calcutta because of a CPM rally protesting the Iraq war, instead of shedding tears about a bomb going off somewhere in Nasiriyah.

Unfortunately, as we tend to do in our attempts to find affiliation, we were judging President Bush based on how he was treating others rater than on how he was to us.

In my personal opinion, Bush-Cheney was the most India friendly administration in the last 50 years and Indians should have been conscious of this.

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Palani
What a great change.
by Palani on Jun 02, 2009 11:05 AM

I just feel happy to read these messages. How
america is abused by the Rediff readers and message writers.
Just try to retrieve the messages 0ne year back from the same people who abuse american now.
Americ has to get paid for what it sold before.
Abuse America. Abuse Australia. Now you see the original image of these countries.

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Guest
why change of heart now my friend ? no more US love ?
by Guest on Jun 02, 2009 09:08 AM

Its disgusting to watch how we copy everything US. No Im not shiv sainik neither but the amount of apeing we do is simply amazing. From cheerleading to IPL totally based on American sports. Here is a surprise my contrymen, American is the most hated country in the world.
here is something you may find interesting, Other day I was taking a flight from New York to Dubai and the guy siting next to me had a Canadian tag on hid bag , I enquired if he was a Canadian , he said no Im American , its safer to travel as Canadian.
jokes apart , back to the point, We need to create our own identity and stop getting cozy to US and get create relationship with all countries.

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shobana nair
First US have to find and decide who their true friends are......
by shobana nair on Jun 01, 2009 05:04 PM

US first have to find out who is fooling them and turning them into a economically problematic zone.They have paid a lot of money to Pak to fight terror and have themself spent a lot to fight terror.But the silly part is Pak have been taking money from them just to feed these terrorists who in return are US and Indian enemies.So in short US have lost a lot of economical power due to being hoodwinked by these smart Paks who are double gamers.They have spent all the money they get from US to develop NUke which the elements they feed can use after overtaking their power and use them on the very US they hate.US are putting their own peace of mind in danger playing a blind game with these non trust worthy states.

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Vijairaghavan p.g.
US DOUBLE SPEAK (Continued...)
by Vijairaghavan p.g. on Jun 01, 2009 11:47 AM

The Nobel Prize never came home, but the people have paid the price for their lack of a national vision and conviction – in the form of the terror attacks on them for over 15 years, and being kept in economic servility for over 60 years. If this is to change, India’s leaders must shed the me, myself credo and work towards asserting the latent power of India before we are swamped by China in the East and Pakistan in the West, with generous help from the US of A. What India needs more is respect on the international stage, popularity can be achieved by playing the US game of doublespeak anyway!

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Vijairaghavan p.g.
US DOUBLESPEAK CONTINUES TO HOODWINK INDIAN POLICYMAKERS....
by Vijairaghavan p.g. on Jun 01, 2009 11:45 AM

and its declarations of admiration for India as a democracy are just so many hot words for the consumption of the media and gullible Indian leaders – mere verbal sops amounting to nothing more than traditional doublespeak. For instance, arming Pakistan with fighter aircraft when there is absolutely no likelihood of it being used against the Taliban is in fact a veiled effort to check India’s growing military supremacy in the region, and one should not be surprised if the US is in cahoots with China as well in putting a check on India’s growing economic power – growing protectionism on outsourcing and restrictions on skilled Indian labour entering the US are a case in point. Let us not for a moment forget that the US today is desperate to contain the fire of Talibanism which is threatening to put America’s assertions to world supremacy to severe test; and in this it is desperate for China’s assistance. And Chinese assistance will only not come at a price - it could be by way of containing Indian influence in South East Asia. Indeed, for a country of its size, India has been unduly weak in its outlook - without any aspirations to power, both economic or military. The leaders of India have been more at pains to paint a picture of a benign power preaching non-violence to all and sundry, with an eye on the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Prize never came home, but the people have paid the price for their lack of a national vision and conviction – in the form of the terr

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Vijairaghavan p.g.
AS ALWAYS, US DOUBLESPEAK HOODWINKS OUR POLICYMAKERS!
by Vijairaghavan p.g. on Jun 01, 2009 11:44 AM

It would have more appropriate for the author to spell out what India needs to do to preempt our being swamped by a US-Pak-China axis that seems to be taking shape if the machinations of US diplomacy is anything to go by.

India’s weak response to strategic issues, be it China’s growing influence in South East Asia, in fact right nextdoor, or to terrorism as it eats into India’s vitals, or the US haw-hum on India’s security issues, are at the centre of the current situation where let alone, the US or China, even Srilanka, Myanmar or Nepal couldn’t care less about our sensibilities and proceed to do their own thing. Typical of US obfuscation in matters Indian are the occasional paens to our leaders by way of ego massage , be it Clinton, Bush or Obama – which seems to lull the MEA into a temporary state of euphoria. It is interesting to observe US diplomacy being played out through inverse behaviour – with Pakistan, being critical in public and highly obliging in economic and military aid; while with India, being highly appreciative in public but restrictive in relationship, to put it mildly. When will India ever see through the US’ game of preferring strategic interests over genuine bilateralism? The US has traditionally never been hesitant to work with dictatorial regimes the world over, so long as it retains its influence over the banana republic (CONTINUED..)

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Mookiah Iyengar
India&US
by Mookiah Iyengar on Jun 01, 2009 10:15 AM

Typical Indian foreign policy response by an ex oficer. It is time to think outside the box. India needs a sea change, as in the case of economic liberalization, in foreign policy thinking. Failing which India will only see a policy of dealing with Pakistan as the sole issue. Now that the Americans are actively in the neighborhood, the equation has changed and so should India's attitude.

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