Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Obama's Already Pissed Off India

President Obama campaigned to bring about a change to American foreign policy. This is a campaign promise that he has kept thus far. Over the last eight years, the United States has become closer to the world's most populous democracy. And within less than a month, the President appears to be reversing the trend.

An alliance with India would be very beneficial to the United States. Not only is India an expanding market, but shares a common enemy in Islamist terrorism. India has one of the world's largest militaries and would be able to assist in future endeavors. India is an up-and-coming partner in many fields: space, economy, and military. And this is not the time to go endangering that. Doesn't mean that we can't try.

MK Narayanan, India’s national security advisor, said that the new US administration was in danger of dredging up out of date Clinton administration-era strategies in a bid to bring about improved ties between the two nuclear armed neighbours.

“I do think that we could make President Obama understand, if he does nurse any such view, that he is barking up the wrong tree. I think Kashmir today has become one of the quieter and safer places in this part of the world,” Mr Narayanan said in an interview with CNBC TV18.

“It’s possible that at this time there are elements, perhaps in the administration who are harking back to the pre-2000 era.”

2 comments:

Unknown said...

This appears to be a profoundly important article, thank you for bringing it up!

Great blog.

Will feature that post asap on my own.

Anonymous said...

Let's see... Inda making threats towards Obama's envoy is Obama Pissing off India?

India is not an asset to anyone, on balance India is a global liability and until it gets a grip on it's population and internal issues it will be a treat to not only itself and it's neighbors, but to the entire planet.