Why Indian source is no good… LMAO
India, the proliferator-All That Matters-Sunday TOI-Opinion-The Times of India
When India’s defence minister Pranab Mukherjee arrives in Washington today, he will be feted as a representative of America’s latest ‘ally’. There will be tall talk of selling sophisticated arms such as Patriot missiles and F-18 jets (not just yet), gushy remarks about the strategic partnership the US wants to build (but does not) and other such pabulum.
** But in their hearts, American officials neither trust nor care for India — our use for them is as a counterweight to China. No dual-use items and no nuclear technology — unless we checkmate China. ** On the one issue that won’t cost US a red cent — UNSC membership — they will play games. Like the “two or so” formulation they have arrived at. If they can identify Japan as one candidate, why not the other?
What has India done for the United States that we should do anything for you, an American scholar asked me recently. Not much, other than giving you the best minds of our generation, I said. A few days later, I chanced upon a copy of a National Geographic of 1946 vintage that was an eye-opener for me.