[gcruse]

 
Cold War? The world has undergone some
changes since, in case you hadn't noticed.

Yeah, Russia changed.  India didn't.
Where were they when we needed them?

[swarthyguy]

The US needed India in the coldwar? It was the other way around and india ended up on the wrong side.

[mikeIII]

Not sure if your point is that India had not changed or that they weren't there "when we needed them".

With collapse of the Soviet Union, the cold war alliances inevitably changed.

There was never a time for us to need them of any consequence when "they weren't there", that we missed it. At least, not enough to make a difference, or to warrant averting a nuclear war now.

[akash]

India wasnt a part of the US led alliance because the US drove away India, by getting chummy with Pakistan. Remember you can only be pals with with Pakistan or India, never both