India matters --- to who? pirates? they're as screwed up as the ME On Apr 14, 4:56 pm, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > and will matter more and more to US global interests... If Obama was > the brain many say he is, he SHOULD have understood that... Why > Obama should memo Obama "Pay attention to India dummy"... Piracy is > located in the Indian Ocean for GOOD reasons... > > http://www.tampabay.com/news/perspective/article990022.ece > > > > >>> Like a microcosm of the world at large, the greater Indian Ocean region > >>> is developing into an area of both ferociously guarded sovereignty and > >>> astonishing interdependence. And for the first time since the Portuguese > >>> onslaught in the region in the early 16th century, the West's power there > >>> is in decline, however subtly and relatively. The Indians and the Chinese > >>> will enter into a dynamic great-power rivalry in these waters, with their > >>> shared economic interests as major trading partners locking them in an > >>> uncomfortable embrace. The United States, meanwhile, will serve as a > >>> stabilizing power in this newly complex area. Indispensability, rather > >>> than dominance, must be its goal.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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