It is in India's interests to have close ties with Israel. India should not bother about Iranian concerns. In fact it is not in the interest of the region and the world to allow Iran to possess nukes. It is in our interest to keep a close watch on the Iranian nuclear program.
RE:Iranian concerns
by raj sreedhar on Feb 05, 2008 10:03 PM Permalink
Iran has no right to tell India whom we can have militray ties. Iran and Pak are natural allies in many ways. Islamic states are united at the end. Whom we have? Isreal is a Jewish state and India is the only Hindu state in the world just like Isreal. We have some thing in common.
RE:Iranian concerns
by Konad Dutta on Feb 06, 2008 03:18 AM Permalink
umm. Isn't India a secular state. Bottom line wether we line up with Isreal or Iran is whether we still have the moral compass that we used to be so proud of. Development need not be and should not be at the cost of values. Isn't it a lil hypocritical on our part to all of a sudden have a completely different world view just because we are growing at 9% pa, isn't is possible that India which was the moral compass of the world can have a more holistic view of development instead of trying to take advantage of countries by making strategic friendships. We need to remember " what goes around comes around" :) Cheers
