We’ve been at work for the last five years trying to build an alliance with India. I hope we don’t now mess this up.
Because much of what we do requires cooperation from Pakistan, we always walk a bit of a tight-rope, and mostly India understands that. But taking sides with Pakistan over Kashmir doesn’t strike me as a bright idea unless our intent is to drive India away. At the end of the day, we need both countries, but we need India about ten times, a hundred times more than we do Pakistan. We need to work with Pakistan but India is who we are fundamentally more in tune with. It will be a big mistake to forget that.
There is a reason you don’t let amateurs live in the White House. Or shouldn’t.