"Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves." ~William Hazlett
If the most recent WikiLeaks revelations about India have the country in an uproar, it's not because they allege anything startlingly new. Some members of parliament apparently sell their votes for cash? This hardly comes as a news flash for the average Indian. American diplomats, like their counterparts from every country, assess cabinet reshuffles and other major political developments through the prism of their national interest? Yawn. Did American officials who supported the landmark 2008 U.S.-India civil nuclear deal warn their Indian counterparts that the U.S. Congress would frown upon Indian coziness with Iran, and scrutinize its stance toward the Middle Eastern nation's rogue nuclear program? You would have to have been living under a rock to assume otherwise. more at wsj
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