India Doesn’t Want to Be a Pawn in a U.S.-China Great Game

[Figaro]

Unfortunately, being used as a pawn is the only use for India on the global stage

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

That is because we are the only civilization which ruled over them. They have a mixture of fear and respect for us. We are also the only ones who can challenge them on a deeper level on the basis of their political system and governance.

Islam represents a completely different world view which is spiritual, in line with ancient wisdoms of the past, and one whoch is genuinely egalitarian in nature.

This is opposed to the capitalistic and communist systems which are secular in nature, divorced from history, and reject spiritualism on a whole.

Allama Iqbal RA, who studied this topic in great depth analyzed this as the great weakness of Western civilization, which the Eastern Islamic one has in abundance. He said our problem is just pessimism of past failures and lack of focus on the future.

Agreed. If we can let go if the pessimism of the past, follow our Islamic teachings and strive for excellence then I believe we can make significant progress.

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

Not a pawn but definitely an American Poodle and indulging in activities trying to contain something that is much larger and powerful in everything than itself.

A daft foreign policy.

 

[Shantanu_Left]

Aww, come on India. Don't be like that. Come back and play the game man. Here, PM Imran Khan himself will give you another chance to bat, just like the great man did for Srikkanth...

The Modi administration is very nervous about Joe Biden/Kamala Harris taking over in January. Until recently, they were very confident that Trump will win in November.

That is why all these nice words suddenly for China.

The Modi administration suffers from myopic, short-term thinking which hurts India's interests in the long run. The most incompetent bunch of people to govern any country, let alone India.

 

[Baby Leone]

democratic country. Meanwhile, China’s list of allies isn’t very long and includes problematic governments such as those of North Korea and Pakistan.

hahahh such a feel good shit by indians as usual

 

[Baby Leone]

finally indian saying sorry to China

 

[pothead]

The author is an idiot,

We don't need to be anyones pawn.
We are capable to looking out for ourselves.

And any great game needs 2 great players.
China is not a great nation.
US carrier group is in SCS and merrily making fools of PLA...and all they can do it instruct it's soldiers not to fire a gun at any cost.

 

[Aspen]

Lmao pawns don't get to choose if they want to be pawns

 

[ZeEa5KPul]

The author is an idiot,

We don't need to be anyones pawn.
We are capable to looking out for ourselves.

And any great game needs 2 great players.
China is not a great nation.
US carrier group is in SCS and merrily making fools of PLA...and all they can do it instruct it's soldiers not to fire a gun at any cost.

That's very interesting. But do you know what's more interesting? That Z-19 the Indian Army shot down - tell us all about it.

 

[pothead]

That's very interesting. But do you know what's more interesting? That Z-19 the Indian Army shot down - tell us all about it.

Xitler is more than happy to answer your questions..
Try asking him and see what happens after that.

 

[masterchief_mirza]

The Modi administration is very nervous about Joe Biden/Kamala Harris taking over in January. Until recently, they were very confident that Trump will win in November.

That is why all these nice words suddenly for China.

The Modi administration suffers from myopic, short-term thinking which hurts India's interests in the long run. The most incompetent bunch of people to govern any country, let alone India.

Sorry mate. This is nonsense. The Dems have directly droned and bombed more than the reps in the last two decades. I shall find you a source. Biden is a snake who will give pak lip service while continuing to blackmail, bribe and manipulate us against the Chinese and will give us nothing on Kashmir, absolutely nothing, esp with his no. 2 kamala.. Pakistanis always prefer enemies who make their position clear.

 

[Shantanu_Left]

Sorry mate. This is nonsense. The Dems have directly droned and bombed more than the reps in the last two decades. I shall find you a source. Biden is a snake who will give pak lip service while continuing to blackmail, bribe and manipulate us against the Chinese and will give us nothing on Kashmir, absolutely nothing, esp with his no. 2 kamala.. Pakistanis always prefer enemies who make their position clear.

Look the US policy towards Pakistan has shown a remarkable tilt since the WOT. The remnants of that policy still remain very strong in Washington DC, irrespective of Republican or Democrats.

However, the continuance of Donald Trump in Washington DC will embolden Narendra Modi even further. So, when the Democrats are back in power, it will arrest many of his ambitions. It will actually benefit Pakistan more to have Biden/Harris even though the official US policy still hurts Pakistan's interests.

However, the US has never been anti-Pakistan as a matter of policy. If I were in Pakistan government's external affairs, I would have maintained a balance with respect to US and China, and not make the country fall solely into either camp.

 

[Novice09]

Look the US policy towards Pakistan has shown a remarkable tilt since the WOT. The remnants of that policy still remain very strong in Washington DC, irrespective of Republican or Democrats.

However, the continuance of Donald Trump in Washington DC will embolden Narendra Modi even further. So, when the Democrats are back in power, it will arrest many of his ambitions. It will actually benefit Pakistan more to have Biden/Harris even though the official US policy still hurts Pakistan's interests.

However, the US has never been anti-Pakistan as a matter of policy. If I were in Pakistan government's external affairs, I would have maintained a balance with respect to US and China, and not make the country fall solely into either camp.

USA's only problem with Pakistan is CPEC... nothing else...

 

[masterchief_mirza]

maintained a balance with respect to US and China, and not make the country fall solely into either camp.

Allow me to simplify.

USA under Biden or Trump will never force Modi out of Kashmir.

Joint military action between China and Pakistan is now the only option to remove every trace of India from Kashmir.

USA under Biden will confuse Pakistan into sitting on the fence as you state. A whole bunch of pseudo-liberal (I say pseudo-liberal because that's what they are. True Pakistani liberals are noble patriots in every sense of the word. My exchanges with a number of genuine Pakistani liberals confirms this, maybe I'm borderline one myself) misdirectors will work with Biden-funded, Soros-instigated NGOs to push Pakistan off track, dilute our alliance with China and politicise all sorts of issues domestically that will render Pakistan ineffective internationally. Biden may also craftily instigate the likes of PPP or PML-N. We all know the story - demonstrations backed by precious American snowflaky media and NGOs will be labelled as "reformists" against Pakistan's awfully evil "powerful military influence" blah blah ad nauseam.

Democrats simply are addicted to nation building. It is like a drug for them ever since the Clinton era. They will use secret (or plausibly deniable) drone strikes, NGOs and proxies to do their dirty work, hence at ZERO human or material cost to public opinion back home.

Pakistan must stay well away from USA and Trump makes that easier. The democrats confuse our naive population too easily. Obama's election and early promises of engagement with Muslim nations almost made Pakistanis stuff mithai in each other's mouths - what a waste of time he was.

If Pakistanis are reading this, watch out for the democrats - they're not your friends. They're India's.

Pakistan must firmly align with China. To do so, USA must be ditched. Countries like Israel, Saudi, UAE who are American regional allies can be dealt with on a case by case basis.

 

[khail007]

India want to be or not - US knows how to do that and they will left no stone unturned - let's wait and watch, actions speaks louder than words.