Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 23:00:02 -0500 From: "Info" <[email protected]>
This article, titled "George Bush, Indian hero" is from the blog res gestae (www.rajivndesai.blogspot.com) You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] Saturday, October 31, 2009 Delhi Journal Mario's comments on the article: Thanks to Rajiv Desai for recognizing President George W. Bush and his epic contribution to India, whom he instinctively respected for its commitment to freedom and democracy, and for the monumental contributions of Indians to the evolution of America, which he never fails to acknowledge and appreciate. I am an American who grew up in India so I am quite familiar with the incomprehensible attitudes of some Indians who live in America who exhibit political preferences with those on the political left whom they otherwise have little in common with. Politically, in the American spectrum, I would be a Reagan-Jindal-Palin conservative, supporting all the little things that have made America great and the last resort for those who value freedom and democracy. I had my differences with Bush on certain domestic policies, but supported his foreign policies 100%. George W. Bush's predecessor, Bill Clinton, and his successor, Barack Hussein Obama, have apparently impressed Rajiv's intellectually challenged Indian friends and relatives who live in America with slick words that are often at variance with their deeds. The plain spoken Bush, in spite of his numerous, humorous Malapropisms, says what he means and means what he says. America's implacable enemies knew this and respected him for it, even as they hated him for standing up against them. By contrast, Clinton's inaction throughout the 90's emboldened Al Qaeda and allowed it to grow in strength and confidence, and Obama's insufferable apologies for American assertiveness and resolve that kept the world safe for decades and his dithering and dawdling over his own General's recommendations for pacifying Afghanistan, signal the enemies of freedom that they now have a unique opportunity to rearm and re-establish themselves with little fear of retribution. We are seeing this in the growing confidence of N. Korea, Iran, Venezuela, even Libya. Not only is George Bush India's best friend, but also a real friend to hapless Africa, for whom he provided billions to fight HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria. For previously hostile Indonesia he voluntarily provided immediate post-tsunami aid that shocked and humbled them. For Kosovo and Bosnia, he stood up against the EU to insist that they deserved their independance after years of Serb and Croatian hegemony, making him a national hero in these mostly-Muslim countries. For Iraq and Afghanistan he provided liberation for 50 million innocent civilians from vicious and sadistic tyrants. He thus provided them with epic opportunities for freedom and democracy that their vicious internal squabbles have unfortunately delayed. For reasons I find hard to comprehend, Rajiv's Indian friends and relatives seem to resent all that President Bush has done to advance freedom and democracy in places that had never experienced it before, strangely preferring leaders whose actions are guided by political expediency rather than strongly held convictions.
