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| Singh welcomes US offers of strategic partnership |
| 2005-04-01 |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 India is a big complex place. It has some of the world's best businesspeople and probably more raving marxists than anywhere else on the planet (China included). But India has a large educated middle class whose concerns are not that different from those in developed countries and religion is viewed in a similar way as the West. Pakistan is an ally of covenience because of geography and Cold War hangovers but India is a natural ally. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-04-01 10:13:34 AM |
| #1 Interesting. For one, I'm less than thrilled with the situation and our arrangements with Pakistan. So much could happen - but isn't happening, and won't. Indians, regular Ravis, one on one, are open-minded regards Americans - and would give their right arm for the chance to come over... but when you get into a group of more than one, their insecurity complex and jealousy come to the surface - and they sound like any third-world group of hate-filled fools. They don't even see it in themselves. When I brought it up with one I knew well in Saudi - he denied it. Then, next time the situation arose and I was there - I tapped him on the shoulder and said, "Listen to yourself, your friends here. Why should I put up with this shit? You fuckwits have a nice lunch - without me." I ran into him a few days later and he said they'd talked about it - argued like hell, in fact - during that lunch... but he "got it". We were never good friends after that - his choice. He couldn't give up the camaraderie of his Indian buddies, isolated in Saudi, for his once in awhile Merkin friend, but he told me that was what they taught in school and it was tough to get past it. I presume immersion in America is about the only cure, but nonetheless, I do not see India as anything like and ally - just as PakiWakiLand is the most tenuous sort and a stretch. I don't know what Singh has in mind, but he could work on their education system, for starters, and remove the Socialist Moonbat demonization of America. Maybe 20 years from now, we'll be able to call them our friends - and mean it. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-04-01 1:27:18 AM |