We have two incompetent sides-Congress party on the Indian side and present US administration led by disaster personified called Bush and his incompetent minions trying to reconcile differences between two biggest democracies which never trusted each other in the past. Little wonder there is so much chaos. Now, Congress wants to operationalize the deal and go to polls- effectively making the elction a referendum on this nuclear deal. Nothng can be worse than this move for both India and US and their budding relationship. Even if Congress wins the election, it will not be able to remove the scars created by this stupid move. Why would Congress not take BJP and Communists into confidence before committing to such deal. Congress thought that communists would make some noise but would not let 'communal' forces to take advantage from this mess. However, you can push someone only so much when you live at their mercy. If Manmohan Singh's team was smart they would atleast take BJP into confidence and listen to their objections. US should be careful and avoid becoming a political football and get kicked around in the Indian streets. It will be in US interest to back off and declare that they would not press India to operationalize the deal till a consensus emerges among the political parties. This would deflect attention from the US, give her a high moral ground and help cool down the temperature. In the meanwhile steps should be taken to bring BJP on board. Finally, anyone who thin
RE:What a mess!
by Arman on Aug 21, 2007 06:20 AM Permalink
k that this deal would bring 'bijli' free also need to get his/her head examined. Nuclear power has several limitations. The deal supporters should be warned not to raise false hopes lest few years down the road this promise may come to bite and jeopardize everything. If a majority of one billion people get against an alliance, no signatures matter and any deal can be rejected. Its not what is signed in the deal that counts but how US behaves, thats important.
RE:What a mess!
by r on Aug 21, 2007 06:34 AM Permalink
It will be a wise move for congress to operationalise the nuclear deal and prove to we Indians that congress has some spine, that we can expect it to fight for India's national interest even at the cost of power. Mr Arman , dont know how can u say Mr.Bush is incompitent,bcoz loosing battles or fighting a difficult war doesnt means incompitance . if it means then churchil was totally incompitent in 1941. thing it understand is that world is passing through a very difficult phase.Here on one side is democratic modernism and on other side is fundamentalist pre modernism of al quaida variety backed by dead communism ( CPM & CPI type) & post modernism of coward ,vision less dumb post moderns . Communist were always anti people. In 1939 they were greatest freinds of Hitler and now of fundamentalists .But BJP has disappointed that it has stooped to such low levels for gaining political points. and wil they win , i can bet , they wont. If govt wil be able to take BJP and Left in confidence at same time , then i will just get one massage , there is some thing very bad in nuke deal for India.Otherwise u cant get two sets of anti nationls to support activities that are for fulfilling Indian national interests.
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by Arman on Aug 21, 2007 06:43 AM Permalink
Sometimes it is better to show brain than spine. There is nothing in this deal that cannot wait, nothing. If congress really wanted to show spine it should have done three decades ago.
