The Congress has a history of selling the nation out on such issues.
I would like to quote three such issuses.
1. It accepted the a status quo in Kashmir when we could have thrown the paki army as far back as Afghanistan if we had waited for 24-48 more hours.
2. It gifted the Bailadila iron ore mines to the Japanese way back in the sixties for a song.
3. It agreed for a pullout from Pakistan when we could have made them sign a treaty for restricting Army, Navy Air Force and the nuclear arsenal. We were sitting on their chest.
Let everyone imagine what personal favours those in question would have received for the above to happen ???
Would Rajiv Sikri take the option to join a political outfit to counter the Congress's advent ??
RE:N-deal: The road ahead for India
by Rasj rai on Dec 25, 2006 04:33 PM Permalink
Mr Rajiv sikri has come out with this eye opener only because our friend has suffered a set back by being superseded by someone closer to big bosses. I am sure if Sikri would have been in place of Menon he would also do te same. My dear friend Congress or BJP or junky Left anyone will sell India for power in the parliament. Only way out is donot vote for these uneducated old greedy corrupt chaps anymore.
This deal is of strategic importance. what we try to acheive as part of this deal is to access the Nuclear market for fuel which we are not allowed to and that too if we need. It's an option. As the columnist mentioned, it's only 3%, but as per our plan we should have had 20,000MW by now. We are not able to acheive this b'cos we were alienated. Not that's gone. Good joke, from solar & wind energy we would be able to burn heat our water tanks and light a few houses, no where sufficient to light up a city or for runnning a industrial unit. yes, we do have good thorium reserves, but we don't have enough technology or resources to convert it into nuclear energy. Surrendering our foreign policy doesnt make any sense. To becoming a junior partner, yes what's wrong. Would we ever be able to win in isolation, all we could do was have two pokhrans for our nuclear arsenal. Was there any significant return on our investment which we could count for ? it caused us more losses and we got cut off from the world indirectly for few years, thereby becoming technologically backward. Now it's time to use advantage of our good relationship with US and make good profit of it in all ways.
RE:Nuclear energy is one possibility
by Ravikant on Dec 22, 2006 03:24 PM Permalink
The points cited are valid in so far as the reality is concerned. There is only one fly in the ointment.It pertains to how much we value our freedom. Freedom is hardwon but can be lost very easily.One needs to be short sighted and laid back and in no time, the hard won freedom is lost. Why did we and our ancestor fight for our freedom.We could have been a well heeled and prosperous economy under the British. No Sir, our freedom is non negotiable for without it we are mere ciphers and clones of our masters. Our soul and everything that this country represents will be lost for ever. In matters of such serious nature we can't be so short sighted as to give up the only precious thing we have-Our Freedom. Yes, we need to be practical and energy is essential but we have to build the confidence to trust our scientists, our engineers and our own people; no matter how long it may take us.
We understand the mental bearing of a superseded sr IFS officer.We wounder if the bunch of our adminstra- tive officers be it IAS,IFS or IPS are so divergent on their political views and keeps quite while on the route for the next promotion failing which gets down with the pen to find fault with policies admired by his mates in service.Unfortunately we have seen the mindset of some so called purified adminstrative officers of our country who change colour by the hr. We are fortunate to have a Prime Minister who is not only bone honest but highly qualified to understand what benifits INDIA and her interest becouse he is not interested on further PROMOTION.He is here which he never asked for and he will not regret if he is not there but he will uphold every inch on national interest.When our Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh had the best of the brain to support the deal which is ment to benifit India we will trust him than a adminstrator.
Plz. conve my congratulations to the Author. A brilliant analysis and impassionate at that.
It is no time to score debating points. It's a grave issue involving future of the Country. It's just unimaginable that the US, whose foreign policy options invariably hinge around economic/business calculations, is so eager to ink an agreement of cooperation with India for economic betterment of the latter!
After having read this master piece and the speech of Arun Shouri in Rajya Sabha, I firmly believe, our neuclear options are now going to be shackles with the full contro with the US.
India has the potential to match or even overtake US in economic field in not a very distant future. This has unnerved that Country. It can't afford to have two powerful Asean adversaries like India and Chaina.
I, had doubted some foul-intention of the US, when a Statesman like Vajpyee opposed the deal. He is not petty minded politician to oppose anything per say. Now the clouds are removed.
Doc. should be magnanimous - and he can be - not to huury through the deal without complete unanimity accross the political specrum.
