Tom,
Re:Given that India has a large fiscal deficit, a slowing economy and a significant percentage of the population living in poverty do you think spending large amounts of cash on a nuclear program is the best use of its funds?
Actually, this kind of patronizing attitude of the West is one of the reasons why I think the nuclear tests were a brilliant move. As many of you have pointed out before, people in the West were trying to compare India to Pakistan. Get a grip, India could have anihilated Pakistan even 20 years ago. The real threat to India is China, and those idiots who ruled India in the past (with the exception of Mrs.Gandhi) were fixated on Pakistan. India should arm itself to parity with China. Then the West will take us seriously and stop this disgusting patronizing attitude towards India. They even give more respect to terroristic countries like Syria, PLO etc than India.
Having grown up in India during the 60s and 70s, when we were pretty much self-reliant, I think India will do just fine with the best sanctions, Bubba and his cronies in G7 can come up with.
BTW, Mohan, thanks for starting this thread.
Clayton |
