November 5, 2004
Press Statement
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued
the following statement:
US Elections & India's Stand
The re-election of George Bush as President of the United States of
America portends a continuation of the aggressive and unilateralist
approach to international relations. In the past four years, the Bush
administration had waged war on the sovereign State of Iraq and occupied
it. It posted US military forces around the world in the name of
fighting global terrorism. Neither did Iraq possess weapons of mass
destruction nor was it linked to the Al Qaeda. The United States under
the Bush presidency has shown contempt for the United Nations and
international laws.
In the present situation, all efforts must be made to check the harmful
course adopted by the Bush administration.
The relations between India and the United States should be governed by
mutual interest and equality. The fight against terrorism which is of
direct relevance to our country cannot be a tool for the hegemonistic
ambitions of the US.
In this context, some of the views expressed by Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh in his letter congratulating President Bush cause concern. To
state that the global war against terrorism benefited enormously from
Bush's steadfast resolve and leadership is contrary to all facts and
evidence. It can be validly asked whether terrorism has been eliminated
or strengthened by Bush's invasion of Iraq.
There is a widespread consensus in India that we should not subscribe to
Bush's self-serving war on terrorism. To assert, therefore, that we are
"partners against terrorism" without qualification, is unwise.
The call for "a larger and more ambitious agenda for broader strategic
cooperation" has been given without looking carefully at the policy
stances which will adopted by the second Bush administration. It would
be prudent for the advisers to the Prime Minister to base themselves on
the foreign policy formulations contained in the Common Minimum Programme.
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