What appears to have convinced American policymakers to consider returning back to their pragmatic approach towards India instead of continuing to pressure it on Russia is those two’s newfound convergence on Tibet and especially Ukraine.
God bless India to remain independent. An independent and prosperous India would be a key cornerstone for world peace. Among the current world leaders, there is no doubt that Putin is the best one, and he continues the Russian tradition to stay on good terms with India. American elites thought they had inherited India from the British and still act like colonial masters.
Gosh, where on earth was this poor chap trained in preparation for this role, "US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell admitted during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, “[India] will never..."? Fats strikes again?!?
Hasn't he been taught the first rule of diplomacy: 'Nothing ever lasts forever;' whenever it seems 'never' might be applicable, it is most probably always better substituted by a phrase like 'within the foreseeable future' or 'as far as (we) can see (be seen)', etc.
"...India’s membership in the Quad..."
Better inside the tent, where you can choose the right opening to get the wind behind you, than it is to be outside the tent, where no-one can see you manoeuvring around to get the wind at your back, before urinating: either inside or outside of the tent? Life is just full of such demanding questions and tortured syntax.
All told, though, the old wisdom holds true: better (peeing) out than in(side the tent). Until, of course, the bladder becomes intolerably overburdened and release takes priority. Then, it doesn't matter where you are. Nothing ever lasts forever; and when you gotta go, then you gotta go.
Apart from that, I bet there are all sorts of things the Indians could tell the Russians about how the arms they supply compare to, and may be (made) more competitive than, those pushed into the Quad by the Americans. There are all sorts of things people inside the tent can tell you about which way the wind is blowing in there, which might be helpful to share with others outside.
"Kurt Michael Campbell was born on August 27, 1957. He received a BA from the University of California, San Diego, a certificate in music and political philosophy from the University of Yerevan in Soviet Armenia, and a doctorate in international relations from Brasenose College, Oxford, on a Marshall Scholarship."
God bless India to remain independent. An independent and prosperous India would be a key cornerstone for world peace. Among the current world leaders, there is no doubt that Putin is the best one, and he continues the Russian tradition to stay on good terms with India. American elites thought they had inherited India from the British and still act like colonial masters.
Gosh, where on earth was this poor chap trained in preparation for this role, "US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell admitted during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, “[India] will never..."? Fats strikes again?!?
Hasn't he been taught the first rule of diplomacy: 'Nothing ever lasts forever;' whenever it seems 'never' might be applicable, it is most probably always better substituted by a phrase like 'within the foreseeable future' or 'as far as (we) can see (be seen)', etc.
"...India’s membership in the Quad..."
Better inside the tent, where you can choose the right opening to get the wind behind you, than it is to be outside the tent, where no-one can see you manoeuvring around to get the wind at your back, before urinating: either inside or outside of the tent? Life is just full of such demanding questions and tortured syntax.
All told, though, the old wisdom holds true: better (peeing) out than in(side the tent). Until, of course, the bladder becomes intolerably overburdened and release takes priority. Then, it doesn't matter where you are. Nothing ever lasts forever; and when you gotta go, then you gotta go.
Apart from that, I bet there are all sorts of things the Indians could tell the Russians about how the arms they supply compare to, and may be (made) more competitive than, those pushed into the Quad by the Americans. There are all sorts of things people inside the tent can tell you about which way the wind is blowing in there, which might be helpful to share with others outside.
Yeah, makes sense:
"Kurt Michael Campbell was born on August 27, 1957. He received a BA from the University of California, San Diego, a certificate in music and political philosophy from the University of Yerevan in Soviet Armenia, and a doctorate in international relations from Brasenose College, Oxford, on a Marshall Scholarship."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_M._Campbell
Fats' sidekick, Pyatt (whatever his name was), was from around there, wasn't he?
Birds of a feather...?
The US doesn't have "allies." It has only vassals. India will never be a US vassal.
Israel also is not a formal ally or partner of the U.S..
Like that makes any difference.