Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Major non-NATO ally
As one Indologist (I forgot his name) had said, there seems to be no end to American foolishness when it comes to foriegn policy. If the short-sighted policies of Carter in the 80's are directly responsible for 9/11 and other threats from Al-Qaeda, no lesson seems to be learnt from these still. America's decision to make Pakistan a major non-NATO ally just proves this. While I do agree that America has an interest in appeasing Pakistan, I wud still hold that America's appeasement is crosing limits where it would come back to hurt it later, as had already happned. Another case of not learning from history.
As for India, Powell was visiting India just before he visited Pak, and he did not have the courtesy to intimate India of this decision. This was the most unkindest cut of all. While Indian reaction is quite low-key considering the let down this is, American actions after this is further disgusting. America is treating India as a nuisance that it cannot ignore.
Itz unfortunate that today we are living in a uni-polar world and the world leader is a short-sighted, imperialistic super power :-(
Anybody going slower than you is an idiot. And anyone going faster is a maniac.
As one Indologist (I forgot his name) had said, there seems to be no end to American foolishness when it comes to foriegn policy. If the short-sighted policies of Carter in the 80's are directly responsible for 9/11 and other threats from Al-Qaeda, no lesson seems to be learnt from these still. America's decision to make Pakistan a major non-NATO ally just proves this. While I do agree that America has an interest in appeasing Pakistan, I wud still hold that America's appeasement is crosing limits where it would come back to hurt it later, as had already happned. Another case of not learning from history.
As for India, Powell was visiting India just before he visited Pak, and he did not have the courtesy to intimate India of this decision. This was the most unkindest cut of all. While Indian reaction is quite low-key considering the let down this is, American actions after this is further disgusting. America is treating India as a nuisance that it cannot ignore.
Itz unfortunate that today we are living in a uni-polar world and the world leader is a short-sighted, imperialistic super power :-(
Anybody going slower than you is an idiot. And anyone going faster is a maniac.
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