Well, as long as they are happy....
"Obama backs India for a seat on UN Security Council; Move seen as bid to counter China’s growing power" by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Jim Yardley, New York Times / November 9, 2010
NEW DELHI — By endorsing India for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, President Obama yesterday signaled the intention of the United States to create a deeper partnership of the world’s two largest democracies that would expand commercial ties and check the influence of an increasingly assertive China.
Related: U.S. Two-Faced Towards China
As usual the NYT is the lead war drummer.
Obama’s announcement, made during a nationally televised address to the Indian Parliament, came at the end of a three-day visit that won high marks from an Indian political establishment once uncertain of the president’s commitment to the relationship.
Even as stark differences remained between the two countries on a range of tough issues — including Pakistan, trade policy, climate change and, to some degree, Iran — Obama spoke of India as an “indispensable’’ partner for the coming century....
That has really seemed to be in the war-promoting media's mind these days.
Obama’s closer embrace of India prompted a sharp warning from Pakistan, India’s rival and an uncertain ally of the United States in the war in Afghanistan, which criticized the two countries for engaging in “power politics’’ that lack a moral foundation.
Yeah, Pakistan is getting a major message as to its standing with the U.S.
It is also likely to set off fresh concerns in Beijing, which has had a contentious relationship with India and has expressed alarm at American efforts to tighten alliances with Asian nations wary of China’s power.
At this point, Obama’s endorsement is as much symbolic as substantive, given the serious political obstacles that have long stalled efforts to reform membership of the Security Council....
Translation: This article and his gesture is really about nothing.
Warmer ties between the United States and India, in the making for many years, come at a crucial time for Obama. He and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are headed to South Korea later this week for a meeting of the Group of 20, apparently in agreement on what is expected to be a significant clash between the world’s big powers over the Federal Reserve’s plan to boost the American economy by pumping $600 billion into the economy.
China, Brazil, and Germany have sharply criticized the move by the independent Fed, which they see as designed to push down the value of the dollar to boost American exports.
But at a news conference yesterday, Obama defended the Fed’s move and won backing from Singh, who spoke about the United States’ critical importance to the global economy.
He knows what happens when you cross bankers.
The last guy who did had his head blown off right around this time 47 years ago.
“Anything that would stimulate the underlying growth and policies of entrepreneurship in the United States would help the cause of global prosperity,’’ he said.
The good will between Obama and Singh, as well as the almost giddy reaction to the president and his wife, Michelle, in the Indian press, lent a glossy sheen to a United States-India relationship that is still evolving.
A sheen of s***!
India remains deeply protective of its sovereignty, while the US is accustomed to having the upper hand with its foreign partners....
Unless it's Israel. Then they have hand.
Obama also made several announcements about new collaborations between the two nations on everything from homeland security to education, agriculture, and open government.
I'm so tired of this hypocritical front man.
Many Indian analysts said Obama had big shoes to fill, given the popularity here of his two predecessors.
George W. Bush is viewed with admiration, largely for his work securing a civil nuclear cooperation pact. And Bill Clinton is fondly remembered for his speech in Parliament, credited for reviving the relationship.
Any outreach to India is bound to cause problems for Obama in neighboring Pakistan....
Obviously Pakistan is not important -- and an enemy in the World War III.
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Where it will begin:
"India’s sound advice on Iran" by Stephen Kinzer
THIS WEEK in New Delhi, President Obama went further than any of his predecessors toward embracing India as an ally, and most Indians are thrilled by this warm treatment. This does not mean, however, that the two countries will align all of their foreign policies. In some areas, India would like the United States to change its approach.
One key difference is over Iran. India has the wiser policy, and Obama should consider emulating it.
Despite some changes in atmospherics, Obama’s approach to Iran has been remarkably similar to the one President George W. Bush took in his second term: don’t bomb Iran, but continue to threaten that “all options are on the table.’’
That's why Americans just voted in a Republican Congress.
We had to change something -- even though it will change nohing and probably make things worse.
India, like many other regional powers, takes the Iranian threat far less seriously than the United States does. It does not see Iran as an existential threat to anyone, but rather as just another thuggish country with resources, and wants to see it enticed back into the world’s mainstream....
One of Iran’s other neighbors, Turkey, has already tried this approach. Turkish leaders have urged the United States to ratchet down its anti-Iran rhetoric, seek compromise instead of confrontation, and work to address Iran’s concerns in an effort to draw it out of its isolation. The Obama administration has rejected this advice. Now it’s India’s turn to try....
It's no use; Israel's fist firmly holding AmeriKa's balls.
India imports oil and gas from Iran and is exploring the possibility of building a natural gas pipeline connecting the two countries — a project the United States opposes.
Yeah, that can't make certain neo-con PNAC globalists very happy.
Indian companies are negotiating for multi-billion-dollar oil exploration contracts in Iranian waters. In February, Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao made a two-day trip to Tehran. A month later, in Washington, she said her government opposes sanctions on Iran that “cause difficulties to the ordinary man, woman, and child [and] would not be conducive to a resolution of this question.”
While the intensifying confrontation between the United States and Iran disturbs India, an easing of tension would help stabilize both the Middle East and South Asia. It would certainly set off alarm bells, especially in Israel, where the idea of improved ties between Iran and the United States triggers instinctive panic.
Well, TOO BAD!
I care about AMERICA'S INTERESTS and am quite frankly SICK of ISRAEL and ITS CONCERNS -- and the LAST THING WE NEED is to be LIED INTO ANOTHER WAR for the sake of ISRAEL!!!!!!!!!!!!
But Iran has so much to offer the United States strategically, beginning with its ability to help stabilize Iraq and Afghanistan, that reconciliation makes good sense.
Unless you are a ZIONIST WAR-MONGER!
Some in India want their country to press Washington to change its mind on this crucial question.
Good luck.
The United States now has two good friends, Turkey and India, that sit near Iran and want better US-Iran ties. Turkey has been unable to persuade the Obama administration that a change in Iran policy makes sense. Now that Obama has described ties between India and the United States as “the defining partnership of the 21st century,” maybe he will be more willing to heed India’s advice.
But he has to check with Israel first.
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Apparently Pakistan's concerns do not merit much attention.
Also see: France's Mass-Murdering Holocaust Deniers
Afghanistan: MSM Lies and Omissions
Israel's Defense Attorneys
US Keeping Kyrgyzstan Base
Yeah, Kinzer is not a bad guy; however, he has some blind spots.
