Sunday 18 February 2024

vivek Iyer 62nd birthday announcement

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

A belated happy birthday to thee.

Anonymous said...

Btw, any thoughts on John Mearsheimer?

windwheel said...

We (Hindus) saw him as carrying forward 'Rogers Plan' type, obsolete, military-industrial complex thinking. He didn't get that losing a war to a weaker adversary can be more beneficial to 'developmental' regimes. Also, 'Old World' national bourgeoisies fucking hated Eisenhowerian America even if they were as sweet as pie- like Chester Bowles or their Ambassador in Pakistan whose daughter married Iskandar Mirza's son.

Manmohan brought Tharoor into INC because he- as an economist- thought there was some 'rational choice' basis to American Foreign Policy and mebbe Tharoor, whose PhD in I.R was from Georgetown, could offer some insight. This was hilarious. Tharoor is a verbose shithead and as Obama would soon say 'America's foreign policy is to do stupid shit'.

What are your own thoughts?

windwheel said...

Sorry, that was incoherent and verbose. What I meant was that Indians thought the guy was a cretin.

The plain fact is that you have to spend money or indulge in gangsterism/terrorism to get 'Voice' in American Foreign Policy. But, what is better, is to, like Brer Rabbit, consider Amrika as a 'tar baby'. Don't hug it. If you do and get trapped, hope to be thrown into the briar patch of sanctions of one type or another. Modi is the only major statesman every subject to Visa ban by US. He has the highest approval rating of any elected leader.

windwheel said...

Sorry, that was incoherent and verbose. What I meant was that Indians thought the guy was a cretin.

The plain fact is that you have to spend money or indulge in gangsterism/terrorism to get 'Voice' in American Foreign Policy. But, what is better, is to, like Brer Rabbit, consider Amrika as a 'tar baby'. Don't hug it. If you do and get trapped, hope to be thrown into the briar patch of sanctions of one type or another. Modi is the only major statesman every subject to Visa ban by US. He has the highest approval rating of any elected leader.