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I'm sorry I didn't realize we were playing musical chair or something. Saying that the US does worse is not really a defense. What will you say next? "India has

I'm sorry I didn't realize we were playing musical chair or something. Saying that the US does worse is not really a defense. What will you say next? "India has never used nukes in a war but the US has"? > I think the equation is whether to srve the interests of 300-400 million indians living in these areas or that of 100+ million in Bangladesh. Is that what we're going to do? give 4/5th of the water upstream and 1/5th the water downstream because that's the population differential? Or wait, the population of India is 1B+. > even then India has acted generally to protect everyone's interest I won't try to defend the actions of the US government. However, it is very disingenuous to suggest that Indian government will be able to make a stand against its own people. I don't mean to say this is out of malice. I just think we're setting ourselves for failure if we think the government of a bigger nation which is responsible only to its own citizens can act to protect everyone's interests.

galtwho 10y ago
>> if we think the government of a bigger nation which is responsible only to its own citizens can act to protect everyone's interests. In the case of India it does. Even though it is changing and they are unfortunately adopting the individualistic philosophy of the west.. When the UNSC was being setup post WW-II, India canvassed against its own candidature for China After testing its N Bomb, it gave up working on it actively to help build a N free world. Willingly stated a no first use principle. Released 92000 Pak PoW after the 1971 war for no quid pro quo. You don't hear these stuff in western media. Hell, we don't hear of regular state and federal elections held in the world biggest democracy. to get an idea of what I am talking about and how the Indian philosophy is rooted in us all being one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3srSwuG9kVw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3srSwuG9kVw

galtwho 10y ago

>> if we think the government of a bigger nation which is responsible only to its own citizens can act to protect everyone's interests. In the case of India it does. Even though it is changing and they are unfortunately adopting the individualistic philosophy of the west.. When the UNSC was being setup post WW-II, India canvassed against its own candidature for China After testing its N Bomb, it gave up working on it actively to help build a N free world. Willingly stated a no first use principle. Released 92000 Pak PoW after the 1971 war for no quid pro quo. You don't hear these stuff in western media. Hell, we don't hear of regular state and federal elections held in the world biggest democracy. to get an idea of what I am talking about and how the Indian philosophy is rooted in us all being one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3srSwuG9kVw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3srSwuG9kVw