Thousands of crores of rupees have changed hands. Congress has to reap it back--guess who will foot the bill? You and Me.
$100 BILLIONS worth of contracts are up for grabs, you get the picture of kickbacks.
Nuclear Energy is good so long as India does not become a "puppet" of USA. Bush paid $10 Billion to Porkistan and got nothing in return, Pervez Musafir/ISI hoodwinked USA. India had always sought international cooperation to fight terrorism but got no sympathy or cooperation till now. NOW the target is shifting from Iraq to Afghanistan/Poristan, hence the new found love for India.
China has USA over the barrel with debt and CANNOT penetrate the government like they can BUY Indian politicians.
As a MINIMUM in return of the Nuclear Deal--India MUST DEMAND for permanent seat on UN sec. council, recognized as a Nuclear Weapon State and admitted in the G8 group as an equal member.
But alas our politicians have no shame self respect or National pride. They still suffer from slave and white skin complex.
RE:Read item #c. The poor man still gets nothing.....
by Bill Chakravarti on Jul 22, 2008 10:03 PM Permalink
Big difference between India and China is that we produces things for ourselves first, whereas they produce things for the world. In anycase, the so-called US debt to China must be seen in perspective: much of what is produced in China, are by firms owned by American Western countries along with expatriate Chinese (same as NRIs). Where else do you think a once isolated communist country got its money do all this? As for nuclear weapons state recognition - that is a bit of a Dorothy Dixer. Signing 123 agreement, IAEA and NSG agreements automatically means just that? And who cares about UN Security Council? Do you think Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir of Sudan or Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe cares?
RE:Read item #c. The poor man still gets nothing.....
by DV Nayak on Jul 22, 2008 10:01 PM Permalink
Very well said, but is anybody powerful even listening? Especially the Veto. China can pay back an old debt and "make up" by demanding for India a Veto-seat in the UNSC.
