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2008-11-08 India-Pakistan

Delhi shrugs off Obama call that never came

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Posted by john frum 2008-11-08 14:45|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 he didn't call me either. I think we both know it wouldn't have gone well.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-11-08 16:09|| 2008-11-08 16:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Nobody told him India is a country---one of the most important in the World (and not just because Aishwarya Rai lives there :-))?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-11-08 16:47|| 2008-11-08 16:47|| Front Page Top

#3 W. Bush's opening of India, when nobody else in Washington saw its value, is one of the crown jewels of his presidency.

However, opportunities are fleeting, and Obama may have just blown the possibility of India being our ally, instead of the Chinese.

This shows what happens when the president and his friends are utterly ignorant of foreign policy.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-11-08 17:39|| 2008-11-08 17:39|| Front Page Top

#4 #3. This shows what happens when the president and his friends are utterly ignorant of foreign policy. Surely, you don't include Slo Joe, the nation's foremost foreign policy expert, in that group of ignoramuses. s/

Posted by GK 2008-11-08 20:29|| 2008-11-08 20:29|| Front Page Top