Bush hosts an interesting
guest - Manmohan Singh of India. Both he and Bush recognize that
there has to be zero tolerance of terrorism across the
globe.
His Excellency Mr. Manmohan Singh is on a state visit to
Washington, he has addressed a joint session of Congress - a rare
honor granted by the US to a visiting head of state. The US has
recognized India as nuke weapon power and has agreed to provide fuel
for the Tarapore Atomic Power plant. Washington has also agreed to
cooperate with India in the field of civilian nuclear energy. Apart
from the trivialities of body language like His Excellency President
George Bush patting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the back when
receiving him at the White House. So overall things are moving in the
right direction in Indo-US relations. No pun intended on the
term 'right' The USA is the savior of the future of Human
civilization In this context we can confidently state here that in
the oncoming conflict between theology-inspired terrorism and the
rest of human civilization, the United States of America is going to
play a pivotal role of being the savior of Human civilization from
becoming extinct in face of the mortal challenge to it from theology-
inspired terrorism. In this scenario the sensible thing for all
nations to do, is to forget the Cold War mindset and join hands with
the USA to jointly fight for saving human civilization. The need to
do this is already being felt in different parts of the world. The
opposition of the Russians to the USA going ahead alone with a
national missile defense shield and their stressing on a pan-European
shield is a seminal indicator of the need for co-ordination to fight
a common enemy. This need for a co-ordinated effort is being felt by
statesmen in different capitals of the world like Washington, Moscow,
London, Jerusalem, New Delhi, etc. A similar need will increasingly
be felt in more countries in the coming months and years.
Destruction of the WTC, London, Bali, Jerusalem, Madrid and other
acts of terror Events like these and the now forgotten destruction
of the Buddhist heritage by the Taliban would serve to articulate
this unitary element in the foreign policies of countries as diverse
as USA, Japan, Ukraine, India, Thailand, UK, the Russian Federation,
etc. Whatever the differences in the past; the future foreign policy
of different countries in the globe would center around overcoming
the challenge posed by theology-inspired terrorism to world peace. In
this context, India should have a realistic assessment of the geo-
political situation and not miss the bus again as it had done so
earlier due to the Nehruvian mindset. It is imperative that this
time, India is on the right side of the emerging global divide and
the impending conflagration between theology-inspired terrorism and
human civilization
An Indo-American alliance in the future global scenario, is
critically necessary from this perspective. Both, the Bush and
Manmohan Singh administrations realize this and hence should work
further in this direction.
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