Surprise: The Left hates India for the same reason it hates Israel
This analysis about the American Left's disenchantment with India rings true (Hat Tip: Instapundit).The left is wary of India for the same reasons it remains wary of Israel: both democracies are fiercely nationalistic and unapologetically defend themselves against the “downtrodden” “other,” i.e., Islamic lunatics.Sounds right, doesn't it?
The American left simply prefers to play hardball with allies than with adversaries. Recall President Carter’s handling of Iran: the allied shah was condemned as an autocrat; the enemy Khomeini, a “holy man.” For Carter, our anticommunist allies were violators of human rights first, second, and third; the Soviets, murderers of tens of millions, were benign enough for Carter to proclaim Americans had an “inordinate fear of communism.”
Contemporaneously, the left’s is a world where dictatorial Venezuela is to be apologized for, democratic Colombia economically punished; where the fascists and racists and bus-bombers in Palestine are “misunderstood” and the democrats in Israel are Nazi brownshirts incarnate. Anti-American terrorists in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, and Lebanon are euphemized as “guerrillas,” whereas pro-American militiamen are castigated as “warlords” — and on and on it goes.
Embroiling the Indians in such amoral nonsense would threaten not only our present rapport with India, but also what could potentially become the most significant American alliance with another country this century — an alliance rooted in a commonality of values, genuine companionship and affection for one another, and solidarity against the totalitarian evils of the world. The United States should welcome India’s rise. We’re largely the reason it’s occurring.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:46 PM
2 Comments:
India suffers Islamic terrorism attacks with (unfortunately) great frequency. Hundreds are killed every YEAR to attacks such as gunmen in train stations, bombs against government offices, attacks on schools, etc. We don't hear much about the "small" ones because it's become so regular there.
Example, attack 2 weeks ago on a bakery next to a Chabad house in Pune.
India isn't open to leftist ideology because they're being bled by terrorism regularly. Their biggest problem is the inability to respond in a big way with a neighbor that's exporting terrorism to them having a nuclear defense.
Im an Indian from Mumbai..
I agree with your assessment...But I dont understand why Obama is no anti-India (and Israel...given the crisis wrt settlements). It has a dispute with China, with the Dalai meeting and Google issue...
I dont understand why India should discuss Kashmir with Pakistan under US pressure.Moreover, it was the US who trained the mujaihideen to fight the soviets.
I hope at some time Indian govt get the political will to fight back agrresively and not get cowed down...ditto for Israel..I must add that Ive only a superfifcial understanding of the Palistinian issue...ie only through the mainstream media...
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