Is it not time we dispensed honestly with the illusion of Indian sovereignty and 'Christen' ourselves 'ISA' ?
One who is a vassal, and knows it, is freer than one who, while serving the master, entertains illusions of freedom.
This (below) is a far-reaching 'security' agreement which fundamentally alters the decks as far as the future is concerned. It will completely change how India is perceived not only in its immediate neighbourhood, but also by Russia and, of course, China and Iran.
One clarification may be necessary: The video says that the US wants India to reduce its $22 billion annual trade 'deficit' with the US. In point of fact, India has a $22 billion annual trade surplus with the US (one of the few rich countries with which India has a surplus), which Trumpland obviously does not like. Sounds familiar from the days before 1947, when India served to finance the British Empire's deficit with the rest of the world?
How wonderfully we consent to answer the call of imperial imperatives...no wonder Indians are preferred to the Chinese or the East Asians when it comes to running Microsoft or Google...Macaulay would again be envious in his mighty grave, esp since it is an ostensibly 'Hindu' government which has signed such a treaty with Trumpmen!
Worth watching this 8 min video.
Devikripa,
aseem
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