We have every reason to worry.
Well.
Uncovering the I-400 Class Japanese Submarine Aircraft Carriers Of WW2
Largest submarines ever built.
Posted on 05/17/2022 5:03:29 AM PDT by blam
Not only does the US want to fight China to the last Indian, but now it’s implied that it wants countless Indians to potentially starve to death in order to feed America’s vassal states across the Global South whose governments it hopes to uphold for political reasons. Put another way, the US would prefer for Indians to die than for American-aligned governments in the Global South to fall in the face of famine-driven protests.
US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield is aghast that India announced that it’s restricting wheat exports. In her words, “We are encouraging countries not to restrict exports because we think that any restriction on exports will exacerbate the food shortages. But you’ve again – India will be one of the countries participating in our meeting at the Security Council and we hope they can, as they hear our concerns, reconsider their position.” This is perhaps the most arrogant form of pressure that America has attempted to impose upon India since it started this trend to punish New Delhi for its policy of principled neutrality towards Russia’s ongoing special military operation in Ukraine.
It’s one thing for its officials to rant about how India is supposedly on the wrong side of history for not publicly condemning or sanctioning Russia and another entirely to imply that it has no right to ensure domestic food security for the over 1.3 billion people that its government is responsible for. The US’ campaign to pressure India into abandoning its neutrality was already dead on arrival, but now America is making matters worse by attempting to meddle in the literally life-and-death affairs of its people. Average Indians might understandably begin to regard the US’ intentions with the utmost suspicion and perhaps never trust their country’s newfound military-strategic partner again.
After all, every country has the right to ensure domestic food security. It’s not India’s fault that one of the most far-reaching consequences of the US-led West’s unprecedented sanctions against Russia is the global disruption of the food supply chain and heightened risk of famine across the Global South. As the world’s second most populous country that many predict will soon take first place, India has a responsibility not just to its own people, but to the entire international community to prevent the collapse of its society that would obviously have global repercussions if it happened. Instead of condemning India’s food security strategy, the US should enthusiastically praise it.
The very fact that it isn’t doing this, however, shows that Indian lives literally don’t matter to American strategists. Not only does the US want to fight China to the last Indian, but now it’s implied that it wants countless Indians to potentially starve to death in order to feed America’s vassal states across the Global South whose governments it hopes to uphold for political reasons. Put another way, the US would prefer for Indians to die than for American-aligned governments in the Global South to fall in the face of famine-driven protests. That’s not the attitude of an actual ally, but of a hegemon that’s shamelessly putting its own strategic interests over its supposed partner’s legitimate humanitarian ones.
Average Indians should reflect on the dire implications of what the US wants their country to do and then consider reassessing their stance towards that declining hegemon. It’s one thing to continue liking American culture and technological products, and another to continue supporting its unipolar worldview that it hopes to impose upon everyone else at their expense regardless of however many have to die. No genuinely patriotic individual anywhere in the world can support a foreign country that wants their own people to die in order to serve its interests. America’s soft power mask just slipped when it implied this demand upon India, whose people are now able to see its true face and realize what it’s all about.
EVERY country has the right, nay, the duty, to feed their own people first.
Given a similar situation in PRC (Politically Repressive Canada), I doubt that Prime Mistake True-dolt would ensure Canadians were fed. He would ensure that his ‘chosen people’ (ie: Quebecois) were well fed, but non-Laurentianists? Too bad, so sad!
The demonrats in the District of Corruption, like the ‘dippers and Lieberals in d’Ottawa, should STFU and get out of the way, and let PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING, do the job!
LET’S GO BRANDON!
LET’S GO TRUE-DOLT!
The criminals in D.C. would happily burn Americans in furnaces to keep themselves warm.
Guided, man-portable missiles have ended the age of the tank. I wonder who will teach us a similar lesson in regards to our carriers in the age of satellites and missiles?
We have every reason to worry.
Well.
Uncovering the I-400 Class Japanese Submarine Aircraft Carriers Of WW2
Largest submarines ever built.
We are using our food for fuel.
India Has Every Right To Restrict Wheat Exports To Ensure Domestic Food Security
A wise move. Protection from wealthy predatory nations including the USA is a good idea. India First for Indians.
You are however pointing to the real problem which is: we're using land that should be used to grow food, to grow "fuel".
That's the problem right there.
It’s a matter of taste and cooking skills but field corn is quite edible. But most will go directly to silage and some to alcohol conversion where the leftovers go to supplement the silage and other ingredients. That helps to produce high quality milk at dairies or choice to prime meats at various finishing lots. It’s all good food!
Why do we seldom hear from environmentalists about the pesticides and fertilizers flowing from the farmer’s fields to the Mississippi river down into the Gulf of Mexico. There is a dead zone. Sorry not sure how to post a link on FR, but a search reveals many sources.
The byproducts of ethanol fermentation is distillers dried grains with soluble aka DDGS this is top quality cattle feed or goats or sheep. Which can also be used as a protein source for hogs. The stalks from corn makes for good silage if wet bailed in the field and inoculated. Lots of times cows are just turned loose in a freshly harvested corn field they will eat all the leaves and stalls plus any grains lost to the ground. Contrary to the internet corn for ethanol is not an either or issue. Wet milled number two dent is where corn cooking oil comes from. DDGS is cattle feed par excellence cows need the protein not carbohydrates. Field silage is also quality cattle feed that stores for months while it ferments. Human use of dent #2 is limited to corn meals, corn flakes, or corn masa. The market for those products is tiny compared to the cattle feed market.
That distinction didn't survive the arrival of the nuclear missile submarines. Soviet "Typhoon" class pigboats were 175 feet longer with eight times (8x) the submerged displacement.
I knew I should have given more thought and done a search.
My old sub back in the early 60's, USS Jallao (SS-368)
Very true! I think our present resident in chief wants the world to hate us.
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