Bush in India ..Part II (AS’s take)
Well said. In spite of what pseudo-secular lefty pinko ‘intellectuals’ may say about George W, W does have a genuine commitment to the emergence of India as a global democratic power. This stems from his belief that global democracy is the best defender of long term American commercial and security interests. Previous US Presidents either lacked this commitment , or were frustrated with India’s pre-1991 non-aligned status (which basically meant that Indian diplomats supported the Soviet Union whenever it invaded countries like Hungary, Afghanistan, etc but would never hesitate criticize the US).
The recent changes in the contours of the Indo-US relationship are not just a tribute to George W (and to a much smaller extent Bill Cllinton), but to the vision of people like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Jaswant Singh and Manmohan Singh who had the political courage to break away from the previous non-aligned norms and instead concentrated on letting India occupy her rightful place as a proud , influential democratic , powerful country in the comity of nations.
The fact that Manmohan decided to remove a left winger (Natwwar Singh) from the External Affairs ministry did not make matters worse, either.
Howevevr our pinko, pseudo-secular leftists are too bogged donwn in vote-bank politics and harmful ideologies to see anything positive about anything that will help India become a stronger force (either militarily or economically). They would rather organize bank strikes , shutdown airports ,incite communal passions, and organize poetry contests in praise of Stalin. -AS
