There is very little difference between the United Kingdom & the USA; they are like one country in two lands from both UK and USA points of view. In the USA, it is the UK that is the dominant force though the USA consists of all European nationalities.
In any case, the UK has been on the downward slide for a long time for reasons other than political. By catching on to the USA tails it is managing to garner a lot of importance, much more than what it can on it's own or deserves.
Is there any respect for China, Russia? They are considered dangerous, rather than respected.
Whatever we may think of ourselves, India is certainly not respected greater than S.Korea, abroad. In fact Indians get one of the worst treatment every where in the world; they have to struggle to get recognition. India will gain respect when it can take care of it's internal problems well, administers well, protects it's citizen from terror, corruption, poverty etc and puts a stop to the adventurism by it's hostile neighbours.
By fearing to go ahead with the deal, which is advantageous to both, we are showing our lack of:
1. confidence in our ability to deal with other countries. 2. contradiction in thinking; sovereignity is not lost when engaging with Russia or China but we lose it when dealing with the USA or the western world.
