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| Brajesh Mishra moots India-US-Israel anti-terror axis | |
| 2003-05-10 | |
Indiaâs National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra, currently on an official visit to the United States, has proposed an anti-terror alliance between the US, Israel and India. âSuch an alliance would have the political will and moral authority to take bold decisions in extreme cases of terrorist provocation,â Mishra said in an address to the American Jewish Community in Washington on Friday. Mishra said preventive measures like blocking financial supplies, disrupting networks, sharing intelligence and simplifying intelligence procedures could only be effective through international cooperation. This is not the first time India has proposed such a triad, stressing that the three democracies were all targets of international terrorism. Mishra met Friday with US Secretary of State Colin Powell, a day after talks with his US counterpart Condoleezza Rice. Indian media reported Mishra had a 15-minute unscheduled meeting with US President George W. Bush when he went to the White House to meet Rice. PTI called the meeting âsubstantive.â
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #4 In general, of course, I would very much prefer for the US to have an alliance with India. Sadly, realpolitick required a bit of Pakistan's cooperation, not that anyone trusts the bastards. |
| Posted by: John Thacker 2003-05-10 16:32:16 |
| #3 Pakistan is a temporary ally of convenience, nothing more. Certainly not truly friendly, and certainly no more of an ally than India. No one in the US believes Pakistan to be a real ally. The US has always viewed the disagreements between India and Pakistan as very nasty irritants that prevent us from truly being close to either country. We've had the same sorts of problems between Greece and Turkey, of course. Pakistan was much less in favor until the US had to make an ultimatum. The US is unlikely to become a truly strong ally of India merely because India would require that the US completely acknowledge and agree with India's position on Kashmir, something I don't see happening. |
| Posted by: John Thacker 2003-05-10 16:30:48 |
| #2 Aris, You make a very good point. India and Israel already have pretty much anti-terror alliance although they don't publicise it very much. There are some reports that when India did their nuclear testing in 1998, one of the tests was actually an Israeli bomb (though I'm not sure how reliable this is). During the Kargil war Israel provided lots of supplies and Intelligence to India. The US on the other hand has not been so eager. Immediately after 9-11, India provided the US with all the Intel they had on the Taliban and used their links with the Northern Alliance. US provided India with absolutely no intel on the Jihadis that they had. During operation Parakram, when a million troops were deployed after the attack on the India Parliament, there is some evidence that the US navy was actually jamming the communication system of the Indian Navy. Considering that their intention was to hit the Jihadi training camps, as far as I am concerned the US navy was defending and protecting a bunch of Jihadi terrorist (though I have to stress I have only read this an India defence Forum and not in any news media. If it is true, I doubt that the Indian Navy would be willing to admit it openly). So as you can see, I am a bit sceptical of this alliance. |
| Posted by: rg117 2003-05-10 15:56:54 |
| #1 Do you really see the US entering into an alliance that would naturally stand in opposition to Pakistan? Remember that Pakistan is one of the *US-friendly* WMD-wielding, terrorist-supporting, expansionistic, tyrannical regimes. As such I say that the chances for America to join an actual such coalition are about as many as France joining the coalition against Saddam Hussein... |
| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2003-05-10 15:34:32 |