October 31, 2007
THE WoT'S ALMOST OVER, THE ANGLOSPHERE JUST HITTING ITS STRIDE:
'In long term, India matters more to US than Pakistan' (Rediff, October 31, 2007)
The United States has said that broad-based partnerships between America and India are critical and more important as compared to Pakistan, as New Delhi is growing as a potential power with global influence.The US-India strategic potential is very, very profound," deputy assistant secretary of Defence for South and South East Asia James Clad told online journalists and bloggers during a conference call from the Pentagon.
While Pakistan continues to search for Osama bin Laden and help wage the global war on terrorism, Clad explained, the US-Indian relationship is more important in the long run.
"India simply must, as a long-term consideration, matter more for us than Pakistan," Clad has been quoted as saying in the American Forces Press Services.
In fact, one of the reasons India matters is if we have to do Pakistan. Posted by Orrin Judd at October 31, 2007 2:52 PM
This shouldn't be a surprise - since partition, India has advanced (fitfully at times, but smoother now) while Pakistan has struggled just to maintain. Absent American money during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, Pakistan might even have regressed. And Pakistan lost all the wars with India (just like it will lose the next one).
Posted by: jim hamlen at October 31, 2007 11:38 PM