Why do we harbour the notion that India and the Us are natural allies. To that country, the only goal in asia and indeed the rest of teh world is containment. Incidentally China has the same agenda. To both a resurgent India with no Pak problems is not good news. They will look to manage India in a low level equilibrium, that only seems (not really) accepts India as a regional power. Why only the US, which has billions of dollars and jobs in China, with a huge trade deficit is not willing to be anti-china openly, it is also Japan. All the anti-Japan protests did not stop the Chinese premier from clinching landmark energy deals with Japan. And for all its pro US credentials and anti-China sentiment, Did Japan support India on the Nuclear deal with the US? The answer is no. Even Japan cannot risk offending its powerful neighbour. So lets stop living in pipe dreams. The US is only as good as a Japan or a China.
RE:More hope than reality
by anil b on Apr 12, 2007 01:43 PM Permalink
yep,
The only thing we have in common is with arabs and pakisthan .not even central asia or turkey or iran which thinks they are like europeans .only arabs , indians and pakistanis have same cultural affinity expect for their religion which is the main issue between them .
RE:More hope than reality
by Dinesh Sharma on Apr 12, 2007 03:54 PM Permalink
very well said.. every country keeps its National Interest in mind while taking any step .. as India did at the time of Voting against Iran in UN . India & US / China can never be good friends ,as they will never stop their support to pakistan due to their strategic & economical Interest & India cant ignore this fact , as pakistan is a mega stopping block in its emerging economic & poltical power struggle.
