While the nuke deal in itself has no communal colour to it,the same cannot be said about the strategic alliance with the US at this juncture.The US is at war:the war on terror.Who are the adversaries?The Iraquies,the Afghanisthanis and now the Iranians(although in the case of Iran, only sound bites are heard and no gun shots so far).If we have strategic alliance with the US now,we may have to involve our troops in this war, on the side of the Americans.Remember, not very long ago, the then ruling coalition was toying with the idea of sending an indian contingent to Iraq.Only a sense of the house resolution of the parliament averted the idea being put to action..(If I am wrong,please somebody correct me).With the strategic alliance in place, in future, we may be treaty bound to comply with any American request for troop deployment to assist them in their war on terror, a war that spills innocents' blood. Can we have only the nuke deal without the strategic alliance?It may be possible, but our own elite, corporate houses and the ruling alliance may be lukewarm to such an idea.Even then,a lot of fine tuning may be required before the deal could become genuinely beneficial for india. Mr.Mulayam Singh should consider the long term interests of his party,and his support base.What happens, if by chance, the UPA goes for dissolution of the parliament, after the trust vote, whether they win or lose?If they win,the nuke deal is saved, which,according to Cong.general secretary, i
