tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007509643610309350.post7064607685120719299..comments2024-01-22T10:47:38.507+05:30Comments on As I Please: US India Nuclear Agreement and the New York TimesRahul Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07751088048215388592noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007509643610309350.post-46235850332517298732008-07-10T18:27:00.000+05:302008-07-10T18:27:00.000+05:30So do the Iranians ACTUALLY say things like "our ...So do the Iranians ACTUALLY say things like <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/09/iran.missiles/index.html?eref=rss_topstories" REL="nofollow"> "our finger is always on the trigger" </A> or these are deliberate mis-translations by the English language media? For example, when Dubya says "we do not rule out any options" this is the same as "my finger is always on the trigger". Maybe the Irain-eons translate that into Persian as "trigger-happy Dubya" but we don't know. Any expert comments?AmOKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17351322682932613136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007509643610309350.post-33994398364366539652008-07-07T22:00:00.000+05:302008-07-07T22:00:00.000+05:30Rahuls (Sire and non-Sire) thanks for your insight...Rahuls (Sire and non-Sire) thanks for your insights, especially the Washington Post article. <BR/><BR/>Sire, what this humble bloggerino was suggesting is that India too would speak from the world bully pulpit, if she could, and with the same lack of innocence (or worse) that you correctly attribute to the USA. If you are willing to undergo a brief religious conversion may this blogger suggest "Hate the sin, not the sinner".AmOKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17351322682932613136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007509643610309350.post-42461154614239453882008-07-07T15:44:00.000+05:302008-07-07T15:44:00.000+05:30Here's a contrary view, by Bill Emmott (former edi...<A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/06/AR2008070601770.html" REL="nofollow">Here's</A> a contrary view, by Bill Emmott (former editor-in-chief at The Economist), in the other major US newspaper.Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007509643610309350.post-56794734078262782132008-07-06T22:57:00.000+05:302008-07-06T22:57:00.000+05:30No AMOK, if indeed India reached those heights, an...No AMOK, if indeed India reached those heights, and had newspapers strongly cautioning India from entering into agreements with tinpot countries (Sri Lanka? Ghana?, the US!!!) the reaction would be similar. It's the price one pays for being the world bully.Rahul Basuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751088048215388592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007509643610309350.post-28386291713704050472008-07-06T22:35:00.000+05:302008-07-06T22:35:00.000+05:30Why take offence at the editorial? It is simply po...Why take offence at the editorial? It is simply pointing out that the incompetence in the highest offices in the US extends to decisions about the nuclear agreements with India. Heaven knows what may happen in the future, Iran after all does not toe the US line but is friendly with India and not so with Israel. Throw in the rumblings about attacks and counter attacks in the Middle East and you see the genesis of the Editorial. The bastion of liberal thought does not extend uniformly in all directions.<BR/><BR/>Of course the fears, as this esteemed blog notes, are ill-founded and India would never peddle or proliferate. No ideological forces would drive such a proliferation outside India. <BR/><BR/>One parting thought. If India were to command such global military and economic power as does the USA, would the writings from this hypothetical country be any less offensively patronising and outrageous than what we read in the New York Times?AmOKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17351322682932613136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007509643610309350.post-17881448499462081352008-07-06T09:16:00.000+05:302008-07-06T09:16:00.000+05:30Great post. You may be interested that homeschoole...Great post. You may be interested that homeschoolers in the NCFCA are debating India policy for 2008-2009. Resolved: That the U.S. should significantly change its foreign policy toward India. See www.speechsupplies.com. I write the Blue Book, the debater's sourcebook for the topic.Chris Jeubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00752520746596653073noreply@blogger.com