US economy is in doldrums. US super power status is being questioned. Even their staunch ally of all these years, Israel, has clearly snubbed US recently when its PM refused to attend the nuclear summit. The Afghan President, post a surprise visit by Obama to that country when Obama apparently ticked off the Karzai, have stood his ground and told off America and Obama in no uncertain terms. And mind you, Israel and Afghanistan are two small countries, with Afghanistan dependant heavily on US aid. But their leaders dont bend before anyone, least of all US.
Compared to them, India is an emerging super power - at least economically. US cannot afford to antagonize India, purely for economic reasons. International diplomacy is all about national pride and standing one's ground. It is about projecting the right image of one's country at the right time. This US government under Obama has been staunchly anti-India right from the day it took office. Being one of the few countries that stood tall during the recent Global financial crisis and as a country which has a healthy 7% plus GDP growth, one would have expected our (dis)honourable Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to read the riot act to US or at least treat US on an equaly footing at least. But what do we get? A PM who is so weak that he has made India to be a vassal state to US, as reflected in this statement made by him to Obama on the propsed state visit by Obama to India,
"You have caught the imagination of millions across the world, including the people of India who are anxiously waiting for your visit.We were greatly looking forward to this visit"
In International diplomacy, each word and its tenor will be carefully noticed for any signs of weakness. And the above is as submissive as one can get. PM has to understand that he is representing a billion plus self confident, assertive countrymen and not just a few spineless Congressmen like him.
When you have a PM like this, why do you need enemies!!!!!
Compared to them, India is an emerging super power - at least economically. US cannot afford to antagonize India, purely for economic reasons. International diplomacy is all about national pride and standing one's ground. It is about projecting the right image of one's country at the right time. This US government under Obama has been staunchly anti-India right from the day it took office. Being one of the few countries that stood tall during the recent Global financial crisis and as a country which has a healthy 7% plus GDP growth, one would have expected our (dis)honourable Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to read the riot act to US or at least treat US on an equaly footing at least. But what do we get? A PM who is so weak that he has made India to be a vassal state to US, as reflected in this statement made by him to Obama on the propsed state visit by Obama to India,
"You have caught the imagination of millions across the world, including the people of India who are anxiously waiting for your visit.We were greatly looking forward to this visit"
In International diplomacy, each word and its tenor will be carefully noticed for any signs of weakness. And the above is as submissive as one can get. PM has to understand that he is representing a billion plus self confident, assertive countrymen and not just a few spineless Congressmen like him.
When you have a PM like this, why do you need enemies!!!!!
