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Bush in India

embarked upon next of Crichton's novel, State of Fear, but i amnot going to talk of Crichton again here. I happened to be passing by the wall mounted TV by the corridor and wa reminded that Bush is visiting India today. As expected Pakistan is a oart of his tour as well. I never understood why US doesnt respect the capability of nations to overcome their disputes bilaterally, but hten hte blame could be squarely put on Pakistan that has been crying for a third party intermediation in the talks since Day 1. A word of appreciation needs to be conferred on the US Administration for recognising the potential threat that exist in the subcontinent posed by the control of Nuclear warheads by hte Pak Army and the intervention of US in terms of imposing sanctions and maintaining countinued pressure on them. The war on terror had laid doubts in the minds of the most nations on US intentions to revamp their cold war allies and enter another covert operation which might lead to another mess as Al Quaida, which in fact was a CIA brain child.

Things are looking up today with the US administration's firm stand on the necessity for Pakistan to return to democratic governancy, relinquish covert support to all terrorist outfits and respect LOC with India. One of my friends recently brought to my attention the article in Rediff which stated that India was one country that was offered maximum number of US Visas in 2005 which was 30% of total visas issues in all. To add to that the number of visas issued in 2006 till date have allready crossed the 2005 year numbers. Things sure seems to be looking up for Indo-US ties.

posted by Mahesh Vijayamohanan @ 9:26 AM