Yes – there is an aligning of India and the US when it comes to China, but this accrues to Delhi’s advantage as much (if not more) than Washington. India does not want to be left alone to face the Chinese dragon. Indians go on and on about how they dont want to be America’s “counterweight” to China, but then go ballistic at any sign that the US and China are getting on. Can’t have it both ways. The truth is that as two complementary multi-ethnic democracies, it is in both India and America’s interest to stick together when it comes to China, and both parties in both capitals know this.

As for India-US defense trade, i could not disagree with you more! India virtually buys nothing from the US right now. But it should as American weaponry is superior, and 50% of Indian military equipment is now obsolete (Source: CII/KPMG). How exactly do you expect to improve national security vs Pakistan, when India’s low defense spend and inefficient state-owned entities have resulted in India actually being weaker than Pak in critical nuclear and missile aresenals. India needs a defense shake up – whether with US supplies or not.

Naturally, the Anglo-Americans would not like to let go this tool, in the neighbourhood of Iran, India, China, Russia and Central Asia, so easily. At the same time, now they need India, to play the bogey of China and sell weapons worth billions of dollars.

It is a dirty game being played by the Anglo-Americans, that involves a lot of balancing and bluff.

India, lead by a bunch of incompetent and spineless mother fu**er Congress politicians, is at high risk of walking into the deadly trap, of wasting billions of dollars while achieving little in terms of national security vis a vis Pakistan.

2. The Afghan soldiers are not an arm of the ISI. Not at all. The Taliban, however, are. That’s actually the point

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EXACTLY. In fact America does not mind as long as Terrorism is NOT focussed on it’s interests. That is the ONLY reason why they wink and nod at J&K issue, even arm twisting our spineless leaders to talk peace with a country whose only national agenda is to war with India with thousand cuts. At least that way India is mired in this and won’t become a super power like China is on it’s way. It’s the geopolitical game. Also who cares for pagan Hindus compared to “we share common prophet’ muslims.

India is a nation without a leader, urgently needs someone like Vladimir Putin.

All Pakistan and the rest of the world is doing is to take advantage of a soft state that is incapable of defending itself. The Americans are happy to play both sides and sell arms worth billions to both.

In India the innocent civilians will die like insects in the coming years, there will be no protection from the state.

There is no use blaming Pakistan for the inherent weakness of India.

Pakistan is an willing pawn of the Anglo-Americans, which they do not wish to give up so soon.

Right now a grand bargaining is going on, and the result of the deal struck between Pakistan and the Americans will show exactly where India stands in American scheme of things, in the region.

This is good for India, which will help India to play its cards appropriately with the Americans.

At the end of the day, there are no soft options to deal with Pakistan, and India will be damned if its political leaders (Congress mother fu**ers) are hoping to outsource the nations security to the Americans.