C'mon Joseph: the alighnment with Russia started long before problems with Pakistan or terrorism. The left, socialist leanings had something to do with that, did they not?
Welcome to FR, Joseph! Hag sameah. Have a happy Passover.
While they, the Indians and the Soviets did have some mutual interest in opposing China, the real rush to alighn themselves with the Soviet Union started when Henry Kissinger "tilted" towards Pakistan as part of the general sucking up to (he would say opening up of) Red China, which in turn was supposed to be as a counter balence to the Soviets. I thought it was dumb then, I still think it was dumb. Prior to that, the Indians bought alot of cast off, and new, British stuff. Their military, and Pakistan's too, is on the Brit model, more or less.