Why is Left opposing this deal?
by Pappu Nuni on Jul 16, 2008 11:27 AM
The Left are confirmed reactionary forces. We can attribute two main reasons for their opposition to the Nuke deal apart from the well-known fact that they are rabid US-haters.
One, they are acting in the interests of China. Respected Security expert and retired diplomat Sri B. Raman exposes the Communists
Two they are trying to communalize the deal so that they can rob the Congress of their Muslim vote-bank. This is exactly the reason they are bringing the words "Iran" and "Minority sentiments" into the fore. They are challenging the government to choose between Iran and USA. How sick of them? Given that choice, not even Pakistan will choose Iran - they will surely choose USA, how we be expected to leave the USA for the sake of Iran!
India is a great liberal democracy and nations like USA, Western European nations, Japan, Australia etc are our natural allies. Fundamentalist and exclusivist states can at best be alliances of convenience, they can never weigh more than liberal democracies.
The Left's assumption that Muslims will take the Iran cue is also wrong. Today, Muslims in India will choose USA for education and employment given a choice rather than Iran or any other Middle Eastern countries. In fact Indian Muslims are as much aware of Middle Eastern nations' exploitative employment practices as Hindus and Christians are. Left's efforts to band Indian Muslims around Iran will surely backfire.
