August 5, 2005
DIFFERENT, NOT DOUBLE, STANDARDS:
A Bad Deal With India (Lawrence J. Korb and Peter Ogden, August 3, 2005, Washington Post)
Many of the people who are made uncomfortable by President Bush's ideologically driven foreign policy have been pleasantly surprised by his recent decision to supply India with nuclear energy technology. This diplomatic agreement, its admirers eagerly point out, is not rooted in "freedom" or "values" but in a strategic calculation: that providing India with such technology will help balance China's power in the region.This does appear to be the case.
Imagine how much smarter than George Bush you have to be to figure that aiding a democratic ally who borders an enemy communist regime and an unstable Islamic dictatorship that is home to al Qaeda is not driven by ideology? Posted by Orrin Judd at August 5, 2005 9:56 AM
Comments
India certainly also needs us as an ally. They used to have the Soviet Union to help them apply pressure to China. Not that the Soviets would have helped much.
Posted by: Brandon at August 5, 2005 2:09 PM