< But blatantly ignoring one of the important variables in the equation of global strategy is not a such a wise policy particularly for the 'dispensing country' is all I am saying. >
Politicians by and large are short-sighted like Hippo. They are phlegmatic (slow-moving), ponderous, self-centered, near-sighted and clubby, besides a lot more for me to enumerate here.
India's geopolitical relevance was not appreciated, for the prevalence of poverty, illiteracy and all other things that India did not have.
US did not think that India really mattered in their strategic thinking. They were paying lip service by extolling the virtues of Gandhian principles of nonviolence, just to keep the Indians from progressing further along a self-contained, self-directed, self-defending and self-respecting country. A nuclear India changed all that. Now every Tom, Dick and Harry of a country, who enjoy the nuclear umbrella, come down harsh on India for wanting to defend itself and its almost 1 billion people. Shame on them. Why would they not persuade US to provide an iron-clad guarantee to provide nuclear umbrella to India? India doesn't really need it now.
BJP by-passed all these obstacles and malignant considerations to earn its place in this world, in the name of Bharat Mata and its 1 Billion children and say NEVER AGAIN to any foreign invasions.
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