He goes through a wringer and he comes with his smart crisp salutes! India's relation with America is multi-faceted, while that of Pakistan with America is one of client-patron. The client has to take what is offered to him; he is at the beck and call of the patron. The paki president is getting public accolades and in private his arms are twisted, his knuckles are rapped, his pretty face is slapped, his shins are kicked, his ears are twisted, his nose is pinched, his hair is pulled, his rear end is kicked, his soles are put to fire, he is shoved through the eye of a needle, he is made to do push-ups, climb walls, crawl under the barbed wire, slosh through mud, slime and grime and he is given a list to tick off, and the wonder of it all is that he keeps coming back with his crisp smart salutes. Who would not go through this for a couple of billion dollars? |