[LaBelleDameSansMerci]

Thanks for this interesting angle. Especially this: "... (2) Will the Indians trust the guarantees of the Americans who have been (irrationally) pro-Pakistan most of these 50 years? ..."

It used to be a mystery why, amidst all the "freedom" and "democracy" blowhardism of the US government, we have never been the friends of India that we, morally, should have been; and instead have cultivated close--seemingly unbreakable--ties with some of the most brutal oligarchies a smiling Mohammed ever envisaged.

But, ever so slowly, I'm growing up--in some areas, anyway.