To: kenavi
"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.
139 posted on
02/01/2006 9:00:13 AM PST by
Arjun
(Skepticism is good. It keeps you alive.)
To: Arjun
Then when Nixon took over he conspired against India by trying to get closer to the Chinese.
You are too one-sided:
During his stint at the American embassy in New Delhi, Moynihan became known as a friend of India and continued to take a keen interest in the region even during his senate days. His daughter is also an Indophile and is known for her close ties to the country.
http://www.rediff.com/us/2003/mar/26ny.htm
Soon after Pat Moynihan had been appointed Ambassador to India by President Nixon, he learned that a vast sum of Indian rupees had accumulated in a US government account from the sale of American wheat to India. These "PB 484" fund, as they were called, could not be exchanged for dollars, but they could be used to purchase business-class air tickets. So Pat instituted what he called the "Star Series" through which the State Department would buy tickets for his friends willing to give lectures in India.
http://www.edwardjayepstein.com/diary/moynihan.htm
As one friendly to your argument, I urge you to rachat it down a bit and smooth out the edges in your argumentation, if what you want to do is influence American opinion.
140 posted on
02/01/2006 11:10:28 AM PST by
kenavi
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