The Left are confirmed reactionary forces. We can attribute two main reasons for their opposition to the Nuke deal apart from the well-known fact that they are rabid US-haters.
One, they are acting in the interests of China. Respected Security expert and retired diplomat Sri B. Raman exposes the Communists
Two they are trying to communalize the deal so that they can rob the Congress of their Muslim vote-bank. This is exactly the reason they are bringing the words "Iran" and "Minority sentiments" into the fore. They are challenging the government to choose between Iran and USA. How sick of them? Given that choice, not even Pakistan will choose Iran - they will surely choose USA, how we be expected to leave the USA for the sake of Iran!
India is a great liberal democracy and nations like USA, Western European nations, Japan, Australia etc are our natural allies. Fundamentalist and exclusivist states can at best be alliances of convenience, they can never weigh more than liberal democracies.
The Left's assumption that Muslims will take the Iran cue is also wrong. Today, Muslims in India will choose USA for education and employment given a choice rather than Iran or any other Middle Eastern countries. In fact Indian Muslims are as much aware of Middle Eastern nations' exploitative employment practices as Hindus and Christians are. Left's efforts to band Indian Muslims around Iran will surely backfire.
RE:Why is Left opposing this deal?
by Dipak Bose on Jul 16, 2008 11:48 AM Permalink
USA is not anyone's friend. Kissinger said( whose another sentence many have quoted that there is no permanent friend...), " It is dangerous to be an enemy of USA, but it is a disaster to be a friend of USA".
What has happened to Shah of Iran, Ortega of Panama, Zia Ul Hague, Benajir Bhutto, Saddam Hussein?? They use people today, tomorrow they kill them.
USA does not want any non-White people to have nuclear weapons. Chinese are honorary White, as defined by old South Africa. That is the reason for this 123 Deal.
Also, just like ENRON, all kinds of American vultures will now come to set up nuclear plants at India's money and then they will disappear when it will not work.
