--- Ritu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gautam Mukunda wrote: > Ah, but I was talking about the public perception. > The IFS view is > certainly more pro-Bush. The politicos and the media > are more or less > evenly divided between these two views. The army > subscribes to neither, > refusing to believe in any such thaw as long as > there is any US support > for Pakistan.
This is understandable, of course. It's worth pointing out - it never makes my Indian friends happy, but it doesn't make it any less true - that India, particularly in foreign policy, still a _very_ immature democracy. The US has been a Great Power - one of the most powerful nations in the world - for about 150 years. India probably still isn't one yet. There is a very large difference in political maturity. It's not exactly surprising that the Indian public and military have a little difficulty seeing things from a global perspective. The best IFS people I've met are world class - as good as the best of the British system (and the British are the best diplomats in the world). The median is not so high, but still impressive, actually. > Blackwill was another success story, as far as > Indo-US relations are > concerned. He did manage to alienate some of the > bureaucracy by the end > of his term, mainly due to his acerbic tongue, but > that got him bonus > points from the media. :) Bob Blackwill's an interesting guy...let's just leave it at that. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
