Vivek K wrote:How long will India remain grateful for Russian help? During the SU days - India was given hardware at a lower cost - but the difference was made up through allowing roosi industry export duty free sales in India. So this was a double whammy - killed MIC and also killed civilian industry.
And does UN dictate anything anymore? Why are we so scared of world opinion? Others aren't and pay scant attention to it. So why is this support so important?
So basically what Chetak is describing in his post is a relationship of sycophancy or dependence - give what the "friend" wants else the friend will turn against Indian interests. Well if India wants to be blackmailed in this manner, then don't try to attain a power status. We buy products that are difficult to service, spares are not easily available and some capabilities are just in brochures.
If RU is a friend, then friends do not blackmail - do not need appeasement. Friends share common interests. India is a large market and it should act its size. But... then if we want to bend over....
if one ignores friends, then, in time, they will drift away. The friends have a life too and they will simply get on with their's, with or without you.
who drives away or ignores friends in the hour of the nation's urgent need.
the russkis have never blackmailed us, whereas, the amerikis have frequently done so using their so called "fearsome" threat of sanctions.
even sanctions will not work with Modi as India is now too large a power to be successfully sanctioned and the world knows it for a fact.
If the amerikis sanction us, amazon and walmart will be the very first to take a hit by being banned from operating in India, quickly followed by twitter and facebook and non ameriki replacements will come flooding in to fill the gaps
and where does that leave you, in the hands of new friends who have always been inimical towards you, spirited away hundreds of thousands of your best and brightest, ones that you have educated, nurtured, and prepared using scarce national resources, are these your new friends, thieves who have stolen you blind for decades and will do so with impunity for many more decades to come and yet you will never dare to open your pie hole because it does not suit your woke narrative
translated to dollars, can you calculate how many trillions you have lost to the amerikis over the many decades of intellectual theft by this greedy "soft" power
India is too big to be sycophantic, which is exactly what the amerikis wanted, needed, and expected from India but that never happened. They have always derided India right from the beginning hence the pronounced paki tilt, always hoping to use the saudis to control the rogue pakis.
so how is that working out for niazi and bajwa, saudi control with an ameriki remote.
the amerikis shit all over the pakis but walk very very gingerly around Modi.
does that look like sycophancy to you
But Modi is in the way. The slumber of the majority has broken and their eyes have been opened.
the russkis gave us weapons for the barter of bananas, tea and bata shoes etc
and they initially gave us fighters, submarines and missiles when no one else would and now we operate a russki carrier, russki nuke subs and great help in completing the nuke triad which upset a lot of people.
don't believe anything some coked out defence journos tweet. they are being paid to do so. Alleged figures of serviceability and availability are BS. This info is classified and will not be bandied about by any guy in uniform. So the gamut of tweets run from the fanciful to the absurd. Take your pick.
the amerikis and the west want to break the relationship between India and russkis for their own ends. That is what being part of the BIF is all about
The amerikis only talk of weapon sales, market access for amazon, walmart, and harley davidson, "freedom of speech and democracy" as defined by twitter and facebook so that we can be brainwashed and manipulated and arm twisted into doing what the ameriki deep state wants. They need to have their hands in your pockets all the time.
who is more poisonous, huawei, amazon, walmart, twitter, and facebook is actually a toss up.
All these entities are poisonous to the well being of India and Indians
why do you have this deep seated hatred for your country's soldiers. your language for them is revealing of a particular mindset and you seem to be habituated to making such overarching and sweeping statements. there is no way that you are better than any of them so stop being condescending and patronizing.
Have you even seen an INSAS close up, much less held or fired one.
So, what exactly is "marutized the INSAS" or did you just like the way it sounded woke.
Its a damming indictment of the armed forces that want to keep India week and subservient to foreign masters. The forces are destroying the economic security and sovereign decision making for short term territorial security.
seriously, they do what they do and still have time for this codswallop that you are accusing them of............
what is it that you wish to convey by making the above statement, care to explain
who exactly are these "masters" that the armed forces are so worried about that they are so willing to destroy the country for
our threats are immediate and looming and so the solution too has to suit the timeline.
pipe dreams can wait.
or you will not only be bending over but also speaking chinese, if we don't act now.