The U.S - India nuke runaround!

It has come a full circle, with the United states now on the back foot. All said and done, both India and the United states wanted this deal to go through at any cost, at least that was the case with the Congress government, until their coalition partners, the Left parties threw in the spanner. Now, with the threat to his government, Manmohan singh had no choice but to tell George Bush that the 'Nuclear deal' has to be put on the back burner at least for the time being. This should placate his coalition partners there by assuring that this government will run its full term. One can almost hear the breath of relief all across the Indian parliament.

Today,saw the Indian prime minister call up President Bush, to tell him that due to political opposition from his coalition partners,the Deal has to be put on the back burner for the time being. To say that the Americans were 'shell shocked' would be an understatement of sorts. Let's face facts, the left parties will oppose anything, even if it is for the benefit of the country, as long as it is American. It is that stupid ideology of the Left parties that has caused so much havoc and confusion. It is high time that the Left parties understood that such 'Communist' principles belong only in the past and that the future holds no place for such antiquated ideals.

The Russians are busy preparing a Nuclear deal with India along the lines of the American deal and this news alone, by itself must be irking the Americans a great deal. They did all the hard spade work with India, the NSG group as well as the other member nations of the U.N security council. And now at the time that the American deal is being consigned to the back burner, along come the Russians with their version of a deal and may well end up doing the job and walking away with the credit. The Americans cannot, in all fairness oppose any such deal and they know it and so do the Russians. What is more, the Left parties whose ideological stand makes them oppose any deal with the Americans will very gladly welcome any deal with the Russians. Russia knows that it can get a nuclear deal signed with India and that it can walk away with all the credit after all the hard work put in by the Americans and Nicholas burns. Considering the fact that a deep chill has descended of late on the relations between the two super powers, they, the Russians may well do that.India will have a nuclear deal signed within 2 years, that is not in doubt, but the real question is with whom?

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