Kakodkar is the gorilla in the room is a figure of speech meaning that he carries lot of weight in the decision making process. Nothing deragatory in that statement. Having said that it should be remembered that US actions, both govt & industry, always depend on 3 priorities that it should be in favor of US, US, and US. Let us not kid ourselves that the recent US interest in India is due to their love for India. It is beneficial to US strategic interest & to meet their long term goals in this part of the world & lot of money to be made in India similar to China. So Indian policy makers should be concerned only with India's long term permanent interests whatever decision they plan to take.
