[CarrotAndStick]

Whatever you think is right, the fact remains India did more than fine with the Soviets, and Pakistan collapsed siding the US. And about your opinion on India being on the wrong side, how conviniently you've forgotten America's tacit strategy in siding and going kissy-kissy with the Chinese back in the '70s(remember Kissinger?).

And look now, with all that US aid to China, which directly resulted in China's rise as a major power America is now having a China problem cooking up right next to its @ss!(forgive me for lack of better words).Why, did you forget that forced naval plane incident around '00?

Same with aid to the Pakistanis who in turn aided the Jehadis and who directly caused 9-11.

So, who was on the wrong side now?

[CarrotAndStick]

Anyway, things are going just fine between America and India, and the alliance will be an insurance against any future Chinese threat, as long as it continues to grow.

And this happened only under Bush. Thank him for saving the world.

[risk]

I'll not apologize to India for anything Kissinger has done. While the Soviets was murdering and Gulaging millions of their own people, there's no excuse for India having sided with Moscow. Yes, India is making progress today. Good, very good. I trust that it will continue as long as India finds it convenient to side with America. After that, who knows?

Yes, I know about the blowback issue and 9/11. Don't blame Kissinger for that. Monica Lewinsky probably had more to do with that than he did. While India was trying to deal with its own problems, we've had a world of issues to handle.

Maybe India will get its act together and work with the west to support global democracy. Or maybe not. Meanwhile, don't complain to me about a single thing we did during the Cold War. India chose wrong, and the consequences hurt.