I would completely agree to mariappan's point of view. when one tries to draw a parallel to the american democratic system, one must understand they debate to arrive at a conclusion & apparently a well-informed majority decision. one just cant be sure that the indian elected representatives have the intellectual quotient & wherewithal to grasp such critical matters, not to mention the political myopia that they often succumb to. in this scenario, the best-of-worst scenario is to leave the such decisions, especially foreign policy related, to a select group of elected representatives & hope that they have the wisdom to take the right decision. too many cooks spoil the broth & this is evident from the lack of consensus on several domestic policy matters. indian politics still has a long way to go before it could be termed as mature.
