Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Arrogance, thy name is defeat
India’s civilian nuclear deal with the US was plagued by a serious epidemic of arrogance in all those, who thought they can impose their brand of dictatorial regime over other people and even their own people.
The names of the plague-afflicted would start with US President Bush, his state department peons, the ambassadors of both countries in New Delhi and in Washington, and last but not the least, India’s very own soft-spoken Prime Minister, who got the spine to challenge his own coalition partner with a humiliating take or leave it ultimatum.
The way the US side is sulking and calling names, over the turning of their spurious hustle job, to force the gullible Indians to sign on the dotted line, its modest operandi is fully exposed to friends and foes.
Under the expert guidance of the Jewish neo-con handlers, the US works on the lines of a pack of hyenas out to hunt in an organised manner, once a victim is identified and isolated.
The moment the phone call between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President came through, while Singh was on a tour of Nigeria to tie up some oil deals, US was ready with a response worthy of a jilted lower, out to burn the lover’s house down. A traveling Congress man, in the town, by accident or by design at the right moment, was most handy to add his own venom to already tense political environment. With the defeat of President Bush’s very personalized initiative at the hand of India’s Communists, being out in front, though with full across the board unanimous support, even within the Member of Parliament community, America could only see the hand of Putin and China behind the scuttle. The storm around Bush and Putin is gathering with increasing intensity and with the kind of leadership at the helm of the USA, who are as quick on the draw as any legendary Wild West rider of the classics could be expected, Bush wasted no time in calling a Press Conference, putting Putin on warning, to keep off Iran, as it is supposed to be Bush territory. The cold war redrawing the world among the two protagonists is on.
Indian leaders are fully aware of US/Israel designs on Iran and with the obsession to get the 123 deal through, they were sucked into playing a very negative role, however reluctantly, to isolate and turn Iran from a friend to an enemy, without fully realizing where this forced change of foreign policy on behalf of the US, would lead. Poor gullible bureaucrat of a Prime Minister, Manmohan Singhji, blinded by prospects of an economic windfall for Indian economy, had no time to go any length, to think through the implication of US drawn 123, which could give full authority to the US to order Indian Prime Minister, with a single phone call either from the White House, or even from the US embassy in New Delhi, to follow US dictates, on pain of dire consequences.
Short sighted English media editorialists and analysts are churning out lead articles demonising the Left and eulogizing the benefits of a 123 civilian nuclear agreement with the US, without getting into the longer term scenario of the kind of relationship that is being imposed on India. There can be no doubt that India would hugely benefit from being part of a close nuclear community, but what costs? The big brother within the group will take over and skim off all the cream from any such ‘natural strategic partnership’, feeding billions of dollar worth of business to its own suppliers, while closing other alternative energy options for India.
Dalai Lama had been our country’s honored guest for decades long stay. India never used his presence to play politics with our bigger neighbour, China. Now that Bush has chosen to play Dalai Lama card to up the ante with China in their bilateral relationship, will it be in the interest of Indian people to get involved in the game on Bush side, especially when the US moves are all to serve their own interests. Of course, Indians would like to see Tibetans get better deal from China, but what if China feels Indian Kashmir should get better deal from New Delhi.
Why should Indian leaders run after the so-called ‘natural strategic partnership’, where they are exposed to more and more entanglements of the worst kind?
With general elections on the horizon, politicians will do best to keep India peaceful and integrated. Though Manmohan Singh has seriously damaged his whole potential worth to India, by his very arrogant handling of his portfolio, he can redeem himself by eating humble pie and go into intense interaction with his coalition partner in the left, and try to build a national consensus that can stand solid for a peaceful India, strong enough to withstand successfully against push and pull of the coming phase of a very dirty future of international politics.
Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai
#5443
Arrogance, thy name is defeat
India’s civilian nuclear deal with the US was plagued by a serious epidemic of arrogance in all those, who thought they can impose their brand of dictatorial regime over other people and even their own people.
The names of the plague-afflicted would start with US President Bush, his state department peons, the ambassadors of both countries in New Delhi and in Washington, and last but not the least, India’s very own soft-spoken Prime Minister, who got the spine to challenge his own coalition partner with a humiliating take or leave it ultimatum.
The way the US side is sulking and calling names, over the turning of their spurious hustle job, to force the gullible Indians to sign on the dotted line, its modest operandi is fully exposed to friends and foes.
Under the expert guidance of the Jewish neo-con handlers, the US works on the lines of a pack of hyenas out to hunt in an organised manner, once a victim is identified and isolated.
The moment the phone call between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President came through, while Singh was on a tour of Nigeria to tie up some oil deals, US was ready with a response worthy of a jilted lower, out to burn the lover’s house down. A traveling Congress man, in the town, by accident or by design at the right moment, was most handy to add his own venom to already tense political environment. With the defeat of President Bush’s very personalized initiative at the hand of India’s Communists, being out in front, though with full across the board unanimous support, even within the Member of Parliament community, America could only see the hand of Putin and China behind the scuttle. The storm around Bush and Putin is gathering with increasing intensity and with the kind of leadership at the helm of the USA, who are as quick on the draw as any legendary Wild West rider of the classics could be expected, Bush wasted no time in calling a Press Conference, putting Putin on warning, to keep off Iran, as it is supposed to be Bush territory. The cold war redrawing the world among the two protagonists is on.
Indian leaders are fully aware of US/Israel designs on Iran and with the obsession to get the 123 deal through, they were sucked into playing a very negative role, however reluctantly, to isolate and turn Iran from a friend to an enemy, without fully realizing where this forced change of foreign policy on behalf of the US, would lead. Poor gullible bureaucrat of a Prime Minister, Manmohan Singhji, blinded by prospects of an economic windfall for Indian economy, had no time to go any length, to think through the implication of US drawn 123, which could give full authority to the US to order Indian Prime Minister, with a single phone call either from the White House, or even from the US embassy in New Delhi, to follow US dictates, on pain of dire consequences.
Short sighted English media editorialists and analysts are churning out lead articles demonising the Left and eulogizing the benefits of a 123 civilian nuclear agreement with the US, without getting into the longer term scenario of the kind of relationship that is being imposed on India. There can be no doubt that India would hugely benefit from being part of a close nuclear community, but what costs? The big brother within the group will take over and skim off all the cream from any such ‘natural strategic partnership’, feeding billions of dollar worth of business to its own suppliers, while closing other alternative energy options for India.
Dalai Lama had been our country’s honored guest for decades long stay. India never used his presence to play politics with our bigger neighbour, China. Now that Bush has chosen to play Dalai Lama card to up the ante with China in their bilateral relationship, will it be in the interest of Indian people to get involved in the game on Bush side, especially when the US moves are all to serve their own interests. Of course, Indians would like to see Tibetans get better deal from China, but what if China feels Indian Kashmir should get better deal from New Delhi.
Why should Indian leaders run after the so-called ‘natural strategic partnership’, where they are exposed to more and more entanglements of the worst kind?
With general elections on the horizon, politicians will do best to keep India peaceful and integrated. Though Manmohan Singh has seriously damaged his whole potential worth to India, by his very arrogant handling of his portfolio, he can redeem himself by eating humble pie and go into intense interaction with his coalition partner in the left, and try to build a national consensus that can stand solid for a peaceful India, strong enough to withstand successfully against push and pull of the coming phase of a very dirty future of international politics.
Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai
#5443
