[indianrightwinger]

He has maintained a clear distance from ecology fundamentalists who would deny India nuclear fuel and at the same time hector us not to burn high-sulphur coal. How exactly are we supposed to provide for an energy-starved population who do not aspire to remain permanently poor?

The one argument I find most entertaining is that he is doing all this for the good of the US. Of course he is. That is what makes his approach so credible and self-sustaining. He has been elected by Americans to further their interests and that’s what he is doing. If he can find that doing business with India makes sense within that agenda, it seems to me that we have all the elements of a relationship not based on frothy rhetoric but on sound convergence of interests. It is in this spirit of intelligent practicality, conscious of our vital interests that we should “do business” with this pragmatic Texan.

This piece of the article just about nails everything. Law of conservation of energy also explained well. Energy does not grow on trees. It has to come in one form or the other.

[jonrick46]

You have touched on the key nature of President's mission to India. Energy. India has a desire for Iranian oil. China has a desire for Iranian oil. Iran is going to be detained for a while as the United States takes from Iran the one energy the world does not want Iran to have: Nukes.

It would nice to have India on board while Iran undergoes surgery.

[Philistone]

Doesn't hurt that it also gives a big, fat, middle-finger to the Chinese...