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After all you cannot expect Indian help in Iraq while we fight it out alone in Kashmir.

I was referring to India publicly expressing support or at least comprehension of U.S. policy in Iraq.

Gengis and arjun, you make a persuasive case for a way in which the U.S. can cut this Gordian knot that ties us to a "failed nation state" in Pakistan.

Arjun says "Learn history." You have to appreciate that for most of its history, particularly during the Cold War, India played the "non-aligned nations" card that made it a de facto ally of the Soviet Union in that global struggle between good and evil, on the gov't level that is (quite a different story on the human level). Pakistan, on the other hand, played an irreplaceable role in the U.S.'s rapprochement with Red China, on the verge of momentous change under Chou En-lai.

You have to remember and appreciate this history because that is what we will have to overcome in order to re-orient U.S. force in southeast Asia through a triumverate of the U.S.-India-and Japan.

The Indian community in the U.S. has to step up its political activity if we are to effect this change. Groups that are pro-Israel and those who want to identify the WOT as a war against an evil Islamic culture should see it in their interests to support you, essentially conducting a pincer movement from West and East against the heart of Islamic fanaticism. I believe that India has historically had an affinity with Persian culture, and also the vestiges of your friendly relations with what used to be the Soviet Union may help to neutralize or enlist respectively those players in the struggle.

What do you think?

"Pakistan, on the other hand, played an irreplaceable role in the U.S.'s rapprochement with Red China, on the verge of momentous change under Chou En-lai."
Do you know why India was non-aligned and had to move closer to the soviets at the time of the cold war? Guess who pushed them closer to the soviets.. it was good old uncle sam.
Find out about how good the relations between US-India were during the kennedy administration. Then when Nixon took over he conspired against India by trying to get closer to the Chinese. Learn about the 1971 India-Pak war over bangladesh genocide and the role played by Nixon in supporting Pak. It has parallels to the Iraq conflict. It was the US reluctance to save lives in Bangladesh siding with its "ally" Pak that eventually forced the Indian hand to move to the soviet camp.