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| US likely to push for Indian troops |
| 2003-07-26 |
| EFL The US is likely to renew its request to New Delhi to send troops to Iraq during Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B Myers’ two-day visit to India beginning Monday. With a fresh UN resolution on Iraq to give a broader mandate to enable more countries to participate in stablisation force on the cards, Myers is likely to broach the subject. Bring your checkbook! The first top US official to visit India weeks after it turned down a proposal to send troops to Iraq, Myers will hold intensive negotiations with National Security advisor Brajesh Mishra and top defence officials, including Chairman of the Chief of Staffs Committee Admiral Madhvendera Singh. During his two-day visit, Myers will also hold talks with the Army Chief Gen N C Vij and the new Defence secretary Ajay Prasad who is also the co-chairman of the Indo-US Defence Policy Group (DPG). As part of moves to pressure India, the US has so far withheld its go ahead on Israeli proposal to sell Arrow anti-missile system to India. The system is manufactured by a joint US-Israeli collaboration project and its sale would figure prominently in the DPG meeting. The Indian press always amuses me. It’s always all about India. Never any consideration of technology transfer issues, effect on US-Pakistani relationship, or Chinese reaction. It reminds me of the time I drove through Iowa, listening to the radio the whole time. There was a longshoremans strike -- might affect corn prices. Poor harvest in the (then) Soviet Union -- might affect corn prices. Lot of rain expected -- might affect corn prices. They really need to get out more. See the world, ya know. |
| Posted by:11A5S |
| #3 US likely to push for Indian troops I suspect a lot of this is wishful thinking. It's the bazaar mentality - they're hoping we'll give 'em some more goodies in exchange for those precious Indian troops. It's likely that we'll get an Iraqi militia up and going in record time, and India will end up looking like Turkey - yet another so-called ally that did not live up to its obligations. These guys really have an inflated idea of their own importance, considering their incompetence. Think Chechnya is a quagmire? Take a look at Kashmir. These losers are pathetic. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2003-7-26 10:40:07 AM |
| #2 The Indian press always amuses me. It’s always all about India. And it's always about how we're selfish and self-centered in not explicitly catering to India's best interests. Like I said, they're not quite our allies (let alone friends) and not quite our enemies. In short, they're a lot like the French, except they have, in addition, a complex about whites. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2003-7-26 10:32:02 AM |
| #1 They say when a butterfly flutters its wings in Africa... it might affect corn prices in Iowa. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2003-7-26 7:58:40 AM |