All that i have to say is that the communists in india are a great shame to Karl Marx and Lenin. They have to be kicked out of the country. These self centered red idiots dare talk about what our country should be doing. In a world where China is slowly opening itself up and has already acquired hardware production in IBM and also planning on bidding for and acquiring unocal, the indian communists are mis guiding the people. And i know that rediff wont post my message.
This author himself seems to be a closet commie. Why was there no hue and cry when we entered into a 20 year agreement with Russia? Were we equal partners then? Is it better to get junk from Russia, rather than state of the art stuff from the US. The US is not forcing us to buy F16s, or anything. We could buy from anywhere. Why put a negative spin on something that is potentially very good for the country? "It will be unwise to dismiss their public opposition." What rubbish!!
The author mentions in the beginning that one should not succumb to erstwhile paranoia of Indians that the US is going to dominate India for its own purposes - and then proceeds to do just that throughout the article. Agreed, USA will have an agenda but India has a lot to gain to from what should be a symbiotic relationship. The author was unable to delineate how the agreement signed by our defence minister is deleterious to India's interests. I am no fan of Congress or Mr Mukherji, but this article smacks of prejudice and bias. We know the record of Communist Party as regards progress, development and reform. Here is an opportunity to forget bygones and forge a new relationship. Politics, from my limited knowledge is all about having the right allies on your side and US is the most powerful nation. Further, it would certainly be easier to curb US bullying tendencies from the inside than by adopting a confrontationist policy.
Our bureaucrats and politicians ought to realise that that India too can play the game which has been initiated by the US i.e. of befriending the US to serve its own interests. Let us have enough confidence in our own intelligence and diplomatic skills.
The author seems to have taken a very opiniated position and then goes to say that Communist's grienvances is shared by the people of India, huh? Which people is he talking about? Is there any validity provided in this self-procalimed general statement? Absolutely not! The author speaks without any effort to understand the geo-political situation that exists today. When you talk about national interests, please put it to practice before you form an opinion as well, just don't preach. As for US's national interest, we very well know they always look after their interests, why is this something to be afraid of, rather it should be seen as a starting base, to find common ground and go after India's interests where points of interest converge. India shold be US's best friend and vice versa and it makes sense today more than ever. Let there be a debate, but please debate with learned people in India, not the illiterate babus and ministers, who are criminals first, and certainly not with the communists whose principles are always for the benefit of a third party than their nation.
India signs a few documents with the US and it raises such an uproar? Why?
Meanwhile CPM chief Prakash Karat is in China right now doing who knows what? The CPM supported China when China invaded India in 1962; why is this is of no concern to anyone?
I don't say that you should completely trust the US, every nation follows their own interest after all. But, I have to ask the author, and the communists, why trust China more than the US?
China is openly hostile to India, still occupies Indian territory, has claims on even more Indian territory; constantly trumpets its economic superiority over India; and is busy educating its population in English for an all out assault on India's IT industry, the one area where India is doing well.
