To continue with my message... Having any type of association with a country that promotes terrorism / a terrorist state for it's own benefit and fights it again for it's own benefit would be suicidal for India. All american interventions in the world, economically, militarily, scientifically, whichever way has been only for it's gain. if there is anything for america to gain, its there, otherwise not. what will India achieve through a tie-up with such a country? Moreover, the speakers thought that China is poised be a world superpower again is not true. China has a long way to go before it can become a superpower. True, it has a strong military, today it's exporting majorly to the world markets and that its opening up its economy for tie-ups and getting a lot of investment into the country. But, unless its communist regime goes off, it really has a far way to go. Communism has never let any country progress. It has always been a delimiting factor only. Also, China has just started it's progress. It's progress is at an infant stage. For it to be a superpower will take years. By then India will be in a very formidable position. I reiterate, India's a formidable power by itself