Great article. The common man does not seem to understand that there is nothing called 'trust' or 'friendship' in international politics. The people of USA are the exact _opposite_ of their government - they mind their own business. Their Govt on the other hand wants to mind everyone's business and dictate terms. USA is this century's Neo-Imperialist Britain. Rajiv Gandhi (like him or hate him, your choice) was made a target using IPKF/LTTE as an instrument. LTTE's apology is a weak attempt to hide a higher power's involvement. Many western governments have a published doctrine of supporting, sustaining and igniting insurgencies or terrorism in the third world to keep them under economic and cultural control. Osama is an instrument only. China is not opposing the Indo-US nuclear deal at least because of either of these: (a) It likes a situation where war causes problems for India, not for itself, when faced with that final choice (b) Beijing Olympics - their credibility lifeline. Israel gets a large amount of energy from Solar, wind, etc. USA itself is advancing dramatically in the use of green electricity. And _dumping_ obsolete uranium _fission_ technology on us, as usual. They dump cars. They dump weapons. They dump/sell crude/petrol. It's simple business - give browns and blacks inferior goods and make them feel good about it. Whites enjoy superior goods and profit! Our MPs act directly against their stated purpose, sworn under oath. Democracy at its worst.
