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[Zabaniyah]

In every nation there is check and balance. In Bangladesh the fire power of Gopalganj Police, BGB, RAB and Awami goons, can only be balanced and checked by Armed forces, which has a bigger fire power. But Armed forces have become a "mercenary" force due to the UN Peace Keeping duty. I have a feeling that the West now controls our Army decision making, more than anyone else, because our Army will never want to loose this money source of personal incomes (around US$200-300 million) that they receive from these UN duties. And India has convinced the West that unless Bangladesh remains under Indo-Awami thumb, Bangladesh will become the next Afghanistan. The irony is that precisely this arrangement by the West at India's instigation of keeping Awami dictatorship is turning Bangladesh towards an eventual path of extremism. A wiser path for the West would be to rethink their policy about Bangladesh and decouple India from this policy in the very near future. If West wants it, they can instruct the Army to take over and hold an election under their control. My question to concerned Bangladeshi's in the forum, if Army takes over and removes the AL-India leaning officers, is it possible to have a free and fair election under 100% Army control, ballot centers under Army control, ballot boxes collected at Army centers and ballots counted by Army personnel?

If the West does not listen, then they should not blame us later if we dump them forever and go for China, when the time comes to choose between the West and China. And they should not blame us also, if because of the stupidity of their policy, we have a new Afghanistan developing in Bangladesh.

Hefajat members who died, there is an effort to collect information about them, but Awami goons have been busy trying to intimidate the Madrasa students and even reached some of the victims family to shut their mouth, with money and threats against their life.

And BNP shares some blame, but it was a tactical mistake by the entire opposition alliance, BNP-Jamaat-Hefajat. They did not coordinate enough and they did not consider the worst case scenario, if they did, they could minimize the loss of life. But every bad situations have silver lining, from this incident, it is now crystal clear where every one stands whats strengths or weaknesses each have:

- Armed forces
- AL with its police, RAB, BGB, goons etc.
- BNP-Jamaat, Hefajat

From now on all political activities must take into account Indo-Awami hatred of Muslims and looking for opportunity to kill and massacre and hide evidence at every opportunity they get. This is no longer a democracy, it is now a situation just like Syria.

It is the USA that has a tight grip on our army. That is true.

An economically strong India is an asset for the US, and not a liability.

And last time I've checked during the army-backed caretaker government, there were 'magic hands' over there. There's no way that the BNP would have gotten so little votes. They have supporters.

China only looks after itself. And does not necessarily interfere in other countries. So what can they do?

The problem lies within the Bangladeshi people themselves. If they don't rise up for their rights, then that is their fault and no one else's. Honestly speaking, people have very little awareness about their rights and sovereignty as a nation.

The higher ups of both parties think only money. Where's the feeling of community? Where's the nationalism? Where's the patriotism?

Now the burning question: Would an Islamist armed conflict be inevitable in the end given that AL would win the next elections? Of-course, through rigged elections that is.

If yes, then the Indians were wrong as per your analysis.

 

[kalu_miah]

It is the USA that has a tight grip on our army. That is true.

An economically strong India is an asset for the US, and not a liability.

And last time I've checked during the army-backed caretaker government, there were 'magic hands' over there. There's no way that the BNP would have gotten so little votes. They have supporters.

China only looks after itself. And does not necessarily interfere in other countries. So what can they do?

The problem lies within the Bangladeshi people themselves. If they don't rise up for their rights, then that is their fault and no one else's. Honestly speaking, people have very little awareness about their rights and sovereignty as a nation.

The higher ups of both parties think only money. Where's the feeling of community? Where's the nationalism? Where's the patriotism?

Now the burning question: Would an Islamist armed conflict be inevitable in the end given that AL would win the next elections? Of-course, through rigged elections that is.

If yes, then the Indians were wrong as per your analysis.

The US led West think that India will be able to help them with their eventual confrontation with China, which is coming down the pipeline in a few decades time. So they hope to build a strategic alliance with India and make it economically strong. The Israel lobby in the US, friendly with India, is also probably being used by India to sell their narrative about Bangladesh.

The election definitely was rigged, and like aazidane said, BNP's back was broken (and literally Tareq's) by Gen. Moeen, long before Hasina came to power in that rigged election, thanks to US led West and UN peace keeping honey trap.

China is not ready for a confrontation with US led West, they are just starting. Not only they do not have fire power, they do not have developed yet the ability to think in strategic terms, which the West have developed, by running the planet for the last several centuries. Combined GDP of West around 34 Trillion, whereas China is about 8 trillion and India 2 trillion. So the 800 pound gorilla always was and is the West, while India is the boot licker in chief. Note how they get nervous when any Euro start talking to us Bangladeshi's in this forum, just in case they buy into our narrative and not theirs.

Bangladesh social transformation is much lower than Tunisia or Egypt:

HDI
Norway: 0.955
Bangladesh: 0.515
Egypt: 0.662
Tunisia: 0.712
Afghanistan 0.374
Syria 0.648
Somalia 0.284

So Bangladesh is not yet ready for an Arab spring like situation. It is only possible, if the Army gets a green signal from the West and upholds people's right of unarmed protest and sit-ins and protects people from the brutal and genocidal Hasina regime's killer forces like Gopalganj police, RAB, BGB and Awami goons, all of whom have large share of Hindu's, who love to kill Muslims at any and every opportunity.

If the West toes the Indian line and do not want Army to intervene and protect democracy in Bangladesh, then Awami's will continue with their repression, have another sham election and will create an opportunity for radicalization and armed insurgency, just like it happened in Syria. Afghanistan situation is a bit different, but it has similarities also.

So yes, both India and US are following wrong policy to hamper the development of democracy in Bangladesh, by holding back the Army and not allowing it to intervene.

 

[the just]

Could be related to this topic: someone told me couple of hours ago - a certain person from our gov higher up was in American embassy yesterday and had close door meeting with the ambassador more then 2hours.

 

[kalu_miah]

Could be related to this topic: someone told me couple of hours ago - a certain person from our gov higher up was in American embassy yesterday and had close door meeting with the ambassador more then 2hours.

America is fully responsible for what is happening in Bangladesh, yes Mr. Dan Mozena, you are responsible, if you guys cannot overcome AIPAC-India nexus, that is not our problem.

 

[scholseys]

It is the USA that has a tight grip on our army. That is true.

An economically strong India is an asset for the US, and not a liability.

And last time I've checked during the army-backed caretaker government, there were 'magic hands' over there. There's no way that the BNP would have gotten so little votes. They have supporters.

China only looks after itself. And does not necessarily interfere in other countries. So what can they do?

The problem lies within the Bangladeshi people themselves. If they don't rise up for their rights, then that is their fault and no one else's. Honestly speaking, people have very little awareness about their rights and sovereignty as a nation.

The higher ups of both parties think only money. Where's the feeling of community? Where's the nationalism? Where's the patriotism?

Now the burning question: Would an Islamist armed conflict be inevitable in the end given that AL would win the next elections? Of-course, through rigged elections that is.

If yes, then the Indians were wrong as per your analysis.

USA does not trust India, nor does India trust the US of A

 

[the just]

QUOTE=aazidane;4264990]USA does not trust India, nor does India trust the US of A[/QUOTE]

NO,NO YOU HAB WRONG INPHORMATION,YOU SEE OUR GOV HAS ALREADY ARESTED THE PERSON............

 

[kalu_miah]

USA does not trust India, nor does India trust the US of A

Can you critique my earlier posts and narrative, please? I would like to get your opinion and see if I am on the right track.

No country trusts another country fully, that is obvious, but they have areas where they work together and areas where they do not. I think the US has accepted Indian narrative that Hasina's secular dictatorial regime is good for Bangladesh and will help keep extremism out of Bangladesh, while the reality is the exact opposite of the idiotic Indian perception and narrative.

QUOTE=aazidane;4264990]USA does not trust India, nor does India trust the US of A

NO,NO YOU HAB WRONG INPHORMATION,YOU SEE OUR GOV HAS ALREADY ARESTED THE PERSON............[/QUOTE]

Which person?

 

[the just]

See the pronunciations? Remember CNN interview.

 

[kalu_miah]

Remember the interview with CNN?

You mean Hasina's interview with Amanpour?

 

[Zabaniyah]

The US led West think that India will be able to help them with their eventual confrontation with China, which is coming down the pipeline in a few decades time. So they hope to build a strategic alliance with India and make it economically strong. The Israel lobby in the US, friendly with India, is also probably being used by India to sell their narrative about Bangladesh.

The election definitely was rigged, and like aazidane said, BNP's back was broken (and literally Tareq's) by Gen. Moeen, long before Hasina came to power in that rigged election, thanks to US led West and UN peace keeping honey trap.

China is not ready for a confrontation with US led West, they are just starting. Not only they do not have fire power, they do not have developed yet ability to think in strategic terms, which the West have developed, by running the planet for the last several centuries. Combined GDP of West around 34 Trillion, whereas China is about 8 trillion and India 2 trillion. So the 800 pound gorilla always was and is the West, while India is the boot licker in chief. Note how they get nervous when any Euro start talking to us Bangladeshi's in this forum, just in case they buy into our narrative and not theirs.

Bangladesh social transformation is much lower than Tunisia or Egypt:

HDI
Norway: 0.955
Bangladesh: 0.515
Egypt: 0.662
Tunisia: 0.712
Afghanistan 0.374
Syria 0.648
Somalia 0.284

So Bangladesh is not yet ready for an Arab spring like situation. It is only possible, if the Army gets a green signal from the West and upholds people's right of unarmed protest and sit-ins and protects people from the brutal and genocidal Hasina regime's killer forces like Gopalganj police, RAM, BGB and Awami goons, all of whom have large share of Hindu's, who love to kill Muslims at any and every opportunity.

If the West toes the Indian line and do not want Army to intervene and protect democracy in Bangladesh, then Awami's will continue with their repression, have another sham election and will create an opportunity for radicalization and armed insurgency, just like it happened in Syria. Afghanistan situation is a bit different, but it has similarities also.

So yes, both India and US are following wrong policy to hamper the development of democracy in Bangladesh, by holding back the Army and not allowing it to intervene.

Well said.

Mark my words. The USA will never confront China directly. They'll likely to hope to use a proxy in case of a war with China. That is where India comes in. However, India always like to do things on its own terms; and not that of anyone else's. So it is not so straight forward to come to a conclusion in this matter.

This is the same tactic they are using against Iran. That is, they are using Saudi Arabia as a proxy. The USA getting into a direct confrontation would bring way too much attention and result in a political $hit-storm at home. Add that to their economic issues. It is the same Cold War-era doctrine. Using proxies.

Regardless, America's foothold in South Asia is very weak compared to the Middle East and East Asia. And it will remain that way with their current approach.

America's hypocrisy in this case here is two-fold.

First, it was the USA that supported West Pakistan's suppression against East Pakistanis, and said nothing about the human rights abuses occurring then. It was the USA that pressured the then Pakistan to hold elections in the first place! With Mujib clearly in the lead....well, you know the rest.

It is the same right now. The USA supports democracy, development and denial to terrorism - the 3 D's.

My suspicion is that history will keep repeating itself in Bangladesh. And that is what happens when the people in charge do not take responsibility for history such that past horrors do not repeat themselves again.

Bangladesh is increasingly becoming isolated on the international front. Both in terms of diplomacy and economics. So that gives us an idea as to where this country is going.

Human rights abuses will continue to get worse, and I fear the worst. The general human rights record in 2012 is not good.
World Report 2013: Bangladesh | Human Rights Watch
World Report 2012: Bangladesh | Human Rights Watch
https://www.amnesty.org/en/region/bangladesh

USA does not trust India, nor does India trust the US of A

Maybe. It is more of an issue of perceived reliability on one another. But their interests do intersect where relevant.

 

[the just]

Hi @madx DA.

 

[kalu_miah]

Well said.

Mark my words. The USA will never confront China directly. They'll likely to hope to use a proxy in case of a war with China. That is where India comes in. However, India always like to do things on its own terms; and not that of anyone else's. So it is not so straight forward to come to a conclusion in this matter.

This is the same tactic they are using against Iran. That is, they are using Saudi Arabia as a proxy. The USA getting into a direct confrontation would bring way too much attention and result in a political $hit-storm at home. Add that to their economic issues. It is the same Cold War-era doctrine. Using proxies.

Regardless, America's foothold in South Asia is very weak compared to the Middle East and East Asia. And it will remain that way with their current approach.

America's hypocrisy in this case here is two-fold.

First, it was the USA that supported West Pakistan's suppression against East Pakistanis, and said nothing about the human rights abuses occurring then. It was the USA that pressured the then Pakistan to hold elections in the first place! With Mujib clearly in the lead....well, you know the rest.

It is the same right now. The USA supports democracy, development and denial to terrorism - the 3 D's.

My suspicion is that history will keep repeating itself in Bangladesh. And that is what happens when the people in charge do not take responsibility for history such that past horrors do not repeat themselves again.

Bangladesh is increasingly becoming isolated on the international front. Both in terms of diplomacy and economics. So that gives us an idea as to where this country is going.

Human rights abuses will continue to get worse, and I fear the worst. The general human rights record in 2012 is not good.
World Report 2013: Bangladesh | Human Rights Watch
World Report 2012: Bangladesh | Human Rights Watch
https://www.amnesty.org/en/region/bangladesh

Maybe. It is more of an issue of perceived reliability on one another. But their interests do intersect where relevant.

So it is US policy that helped the dumb Pakistani generals kill our people in 1971, now it is US policy that is helping dumb Hindutva's and their Awami ally kill our people. As they say, all roads lead to Rome or neo-Rome. Dumb white man never learn, it seems. In the end this stupidity and callous arrogance will make China come out the winner, that is the prediction.

In any case, we have some natural ally's too. We need to see if we can do something about it, leveraging our natural ally's.

 

[the just]

I think what everything comes down to is very very simple.I don't need to type so many words.find the world map look closely where China , India and Bangladesh is .you will have your answers.

 

[scholseys]

Can you critique my earlier posts and narrative, please? I would like to get your opinion and see if I am on the right track.

No country trusts another country fully, that is obvious, but they have areas where they work together and areas where they do not. I think the US has accepted Indian narrative that Hasina's secular dictatorial regime is good for Bangladesh and will help keep extremism out of Bangladesh, while the reality is the exact opposite of the idiotic Indian perception and narrative.



NO,NO YOU HAB WRONG INPHORMATION,YOU SEE OUR GOV HAS ALREADY ARESTED THE PERSON............

Which person?[/QUOTE]

United States-India Strategic Partnership no Longer Strategic nor a Partnership

Paper No. 5461 Dated 16-Apr-2013

By Dr. Subhash Kapila

Introductory Observations

Reviewing the US-India Strategic Partnership after more than a decade of it being in existence the regrettable conclusion reached is that expectations which India and its strategic community had invested in it have not materialised.

The United States, other than rhetoric, has not contributed in any way to reinforcing of India’s security interests, raising India’s political profile in South Asia or any substantial steps to assist India to emerge as a major global power.

The United States needs to shoulder the blame squarely for the same in that in the pursuit of its tactically expedient policies in relation to Pakistan and Afghanistan, and its hedging policies towards China, the United States has missed viewing the vital and broader perspectives of India’s significance on the strategic canvass of South Asia and Asia as a whole.

India is but one small blip on the United States strategic radar hovering faintly and obscurely in the distant background. Today when the United States is in a reverse reset mode on its Pakistan and Afghanistan policy formulations, India’s strategic sensitivities seem once again foredoomed to be trampled on. What sort of a Partnership is this?

Contrastingly, India has not made any comparative changes in its policy approaches that could be said to have impinged on United States security interests. It is the United States which has continuously been oblivious to Indian national security interests virtually within three years of the inception of the much heralded US-India Strategic Partnership.

It is duplicitous for both American and Indian policy establishment higher-ups to indulge in meaningless rhetoric about the tremendous strides made in moving this strategic partnership forward. The results when a reality check is made suggests otherwise. It seems that Indian policy-makers are in psychological awe of their American counterparts when they do not muster the courage to tell the United States vocally that the United States is crossing India’s security interests ‘red lines’.

Both the United States and Indian policy makers are loathe to admit that the US-India Strategic Partnership has been on a down-slide path for quite some time and the mutual denouement and clouded perspectives that dominate this Partnership stand covered in my Papers last year and also earlier.

In 2013, the US-India Strategic Partnership is apparently no longer “strategic” in content and intent. The US-India Strategic Partnership appears in 2013 to have degenerated into a “mercenary relationship” where the United States seems to be more attracted in bagging massive defence sales contracts from India in billions of dollars without India even making a whimper for strategic quid-pro-quos. The United States passes such garnering of Indian defence contracts as “increasing US-India defence cooperation”.

When India is unable to succumb to United States high-pitch efforts on purchase of some major billion dollars combat equipment then American petulance sets in. US petulance on this score is best exemplified by previous US Ambassador Timothy Roemer exiting India because the United States could not swing the Indian Air Fore contract for 126 Fighter Aircraft.

Regrettably, to atone for being so remiss, India awards comparative value other contracts in billions of dollars. What impels the Indian Government to be so supine to United States sensitivities when there is no similar response from the United States “strategic partner”?

Repetition of worn out clichés which pervade any discussions of the major gains in US-India Strategic Partnership discussions would serve no purpose in this discussion. This Paper would rather concentrate on some vital questions and issues which have impeded the development of the foremost ingredient in any strategic partnership and that is “Mutual Trust”

US-India Strategic Partnership Not Contributory to Diminution of Military Threat to India from China and Pakistan

The very essence of any substantial strategic partnership is the existence of a strategic congruence and convergence of security interests, regionally and globally. India implicitly sought when investing heavily in the US-India Strategic Partnership that the United States would contribute towards diminution of the military threats to India from China and Pakistan.

Far from contributing to India’s security concerns, the United States has heightened these two military threats to India by a return to Cold War fixations in its South Asia policy formulations and in relation to China following a “Risk Aversion” and “China Hedging Strategy”. Both should hardly prove to be ‘strategic sweeteners’ for India. The Indian strategic community is fully awake to these double standards in US policy making even if India’s policy establishment is oblivious to it.

United States reset of its Pakistan policies is noticeable, As Seema Sirohi observes in an Op Ed in the Times of India of April14, 2013: “Just as the reset with Pakistan, which began in the first Obama Administration, has gained momentum in the second, pragmatic cooperation with India has lessened”

Revealingly, what follows is more damaging to India: “Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid was to come to Washington last week but the visit was cancelled. Both sides insist that the reason resides with the other. If I were to guess, a Khurshid in Washington wouldn’t have gone down well with a Kayani in Rawalpindi at this time. It was about signals”.

Is India unable to read political and strategic signals and reset its own policy formulations commensurate with US reset of its Pakistan policy under a new Pakistan-sympathetic US Secretary of State?

United States Specific National Security Damages Inflicted on India

Some of the more specific national security damages inflicted by the United States need to be highlighted to set the record straight, and these are:

United States reverses gear soon after 9/11 and gives primacy to Pakistan in its South Asia policy formulations. US elected to ‘sup with the devil’ who was instrumental in the launch of 9/11 against USA.
Pakistan’s military ruler so emboldened intensified its proxy war and terrorist incidents now deep into Heartland India. US permissively winks the other way. Pakistan Army sponsored terrorist attacks with a marked regulatory became a recurring feature
United States put India under intense diplomatic pressure to desist from military retaliation during OP PRAKARAM following Pakistan Army’s ISI sponsored attack on India’s Parliament House. United States even went to the extent to get the Indian Strike Corps Commander for having moved his troops forward which unsettled the Pakistani military dictator.
The much vaunted US “Global War on Terrorism” turned out to be a myth as the United States sanctified the global fountainhead of Islamic Jihad, namely Pakistan and beatified General Musharraf as United States staunch ally. US also designated Pakistan as a Major Non-NATO Ally.
On the excuse of fighting terrorism United States pumped in billions of dollars of military aid to appease the Pakistan Army.
More recently in relation to Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks by Pakistan Army trained ****** commandoes, United States did not share intelligence available with them on Headley and others. USA has also refused to extradite Hedley to India.
Cutting short to 2013 the United States oblivious to its commitments to India under the US-India Strategic Partnership, the United States has again reset its Pakistan policy and pumping in what I would prefer to term ‘sleaze money’ to keep General Kayani happy.

The United States has failed India in a big way and cannot claim that this Partnership is growing and growing stronger. Rawalpindi and Beijing must be laughing at India’s predicament in over-investing in the US-India Strategic Partnership

United States Comprehensive Gains in the US-India Strategic Partnership at India’s Expense

United States seems to have outwitted two different political dispensations in India in extracting comprehensive political, strategic and economic gains, at India’s expense in the last decade or so. Senior Indian diplomats on Indian TV channels strongly maintain that both the US-India Strategic Partnership and the Indo-US Nuclear Deal were strategic game-changers for India. Hardly so, as America has yet to walk the talk and it is retracing its steps in South Asia to India’s strategic discomfiture.

Politically, through this strategic partnership the United States could add ballast in the Asian security environment of having India in addition to Japan on its side, in the US battle of perceptions with China.

Politically, India’s stature and image stands dented in Asia when it decided to ditch Iran under US pressure. Why did not India demand of USA to ditch Pakistan as a quid pro quo? Why has India in the period 2001-2013 all the time succumb to US Pak-centric pressures under two different Indian Prime Ministers? In the first case it could have been the late National Security Adviser’s advice. In the second case, there exists a perception that both the PM and the NSA have a tilt towards USA. In both cases it is India that is the loser.

Strategically, no gains have been made by India in the most comprehensive connotation of the term. In its tilt towards the United States India lost the support and countervailing influence of Russia---a trusted ally of long and testing times. India has lost Iran as a strategic asset on Pakistan’s Western flanks, and Indian strategic investments in Afghanistan’s infrastructure stand jeopardised by US reset of its Pakistan policy currently underway.

Militarily, India has exhibited double standards by awarding billions of dollars contracts to USA for military aircraft through the FMS route with no corresponding ‘offsets’ by US firms or transfer of technology as compulsory in contracts with France or Russia. What has India gained in this show of deference to the United States?

Militarily, both India and the United States blow trumpets about the increasing number of joint military exercises to ensure inter-operability between the Armies of both nations. Pray one may ask whether the United States would commit US Forces war effort in the eventuality of any India-China Conflict in the future.

It also needs to be asked what will the United States stance would be in any future India-Pakistan conflict. A decade or so back one had written a Paper that the “United States is Not an Honest Broker for Peace in South Asia”

Economically, the United States has gained considerably by prevailing on the Indian Government to open Indian markets for FDI retail against stiff opposition from all political Opposition parties. Why this deference to USA at India’s apex levels in the face of stiff opposition from all over India?

United States a Declining Power& Its Impact on US-India Strategic Partnership

Personally, I have argued against this perception doing the rounds in the international strategic community, arguing that it will take at least two decades for China to pose an effective challenge. But it is the United States itself, I now believe that fosters this perception by policy formulations that smack of appeasement on contemporary challenges that face it.

Three significant examples can be quoted in this direction to substantiate that United States power is in decline and these relate to the challenges thrown by Pakistan, China and North Korea and the US responses to these challenges.

United States has been forced into a reset of its Pakistan policy because it wishes to regain Pakistan Army’s collusiveness in its Afghanistan withdrawal. US has also stooped for negotiations with the Taliban on Afghanistan under Pakistan Army pressure. The United States with available military resources could have coerced them into complicity with US strategic requirements.

China is snooking its fingers in East Asia and added two more conflicts as flashpoints, namely the South China Sea conflicts and the East China Sea conflict. Rather than drawing the ‘red lines’ for China and deterring it from aggressive brinkmanship, the United States indulges in pure rhetoric much to the dismay of its Allies and friends. Why the United is States afraid of China or is there a hidden collusive strategic agenda?

On North Korea, the United States has displayed a strategic reluctance to tame it for fear of antagonising China. Why the double standards on nuclear proliferation pertaining to North Korea and Iran?

The perception that rises up to the surface inevitably then is that presumably the United States is a power on the decline. If that be so then what is the impact on the US-India Strategic Partnership?

The major stark realities that strike sharply so are that India cannot count on the United States as a countervailing power in any of the military threats that it faces from its two nuclear weapons powers that are in deep collusion to downsize India strategically.

The second reality that follows from the above is that India would now be well advised to seek new strategic coalitions to obtain countervailing power against the challenges that it faces.

Can India Do Without its US-India Strategic Partnership Linkages?

This is a pertinent question that the Indian Government needs to answer for its over-investment of the last decade in this Strategic Partnership without any tangible strategic gains in return and in light of the foregoing analysis.

India in the last ten years had virtually outsourced its foreign policy to Washington, a view shared by many in India. This strategic subservience of New Delhi to Washington has robbed India of its traditional independence in foreign policy formulations. It has led India to underwrite and support the “Isms of US foreign policy” like Human Rights and Democracy which the United States itself does not implement when it cavorts with Pakistani dictators and autocratic monarchical regimes in the Middle East.

Can India do without the strings that bind down its independence and freedom of manoeuvre in policy making on the regional and global stage? The answer is a ‘yes’ simply because India has many other alternatives and options open for ascending the ladder to be a global player of consequence.

Many strategic geometrical triangles and quadrilaterals earlier discarded/ devalued/de-emphasised because of the US-India Strategic Partnership can now be re-opened or revived with infused vigour. To name a few, the Russia-India-Chia Triangle, the Russia-India-Iran Triangle, Russia-India-European Union Triangle. India could also explore a new Russia-India-Vietnam Triangle and make it into a strategic quadrilateral by inviting Indonesia.

Even without any of the above strategic geometries Indian political leaders need to provide the leadership and sagacity to steer India to strategically stand tall as a Sub-Continental Power and an Indian Ocean Maritime Power on its own strengths.

India must evolve into an independent power-centre in Asia and the global stage. India in my assessment can certainly do without and strategically distinguish itself without any US-India Strategic Partnership.

Concluding Observations

The US-India Strategic Partnership was conceived and forged with optimistic hopes that such a Partnership would evolve over time to serve the strategic interests of both democracies. Reviewing after more than a decade of its existence what emerges is that while this Partnership may have served US strategic interests, the same cannot be said of this Partnership serving Indian security interests.

Contemporaneously, the US-India Strategic Partnership is neither “Strategic” in content or intent and nor is it a “Partnership”. The United States has not lived up to the minimal connotations of these two vital terms. This Partnership stands today reduced to a “mercenary relationship”

What impels the Indian establishment to continue to be subservient to US strategic sensitivities only they can answer? To many in the Indian strategic community it appears with great clarity that with the United States engaged in a reset of its Pakistan policy, a strategic turnaround in its Afghanistan policy and its fixated gaze on a China-Hedging Strategy, it is time for India to move out and ahead of the strategic straitjacket in which India bound itself while over-investing in the US-India Strategic Partnership.

United States-India Strategic Partnership no Longer Strategic nor a Partnership | South Asia Analysis Group

 

[scholseys]

us and india do take each issue differently, on paper it looks US wants India to tackle china? but why would india do america's dirty work? india wants total domination in the subcontinent, US wants its own influence here. You have to see that the US has had a hold in Bangladesh for the longest time....why would they give that up? why would the US want India run the show in Bangladesh? US even engineered the coup in 1975.

India's nuclear arsenal and military is enough to keep china in bay. Why would they want another global power? and india would not fight america's game, they have higher ambitions then becoming someone's pawn.