India turns its back on American F-16s

[Frederik]

"NEW DELHI - The reaction has been quicker than expected. Peeved at the US decision to supply F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, India has made it more than apparent that it is not at all happy and will play hard to get in all defense negotiations with the US. Making India's irritation clear, Delhi has announced new defense orders to Russia, Germany, Italy, Israel and even Qatar, worth a total of US$746 million."

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/GC31Df03.html

[chelsea0011]

1. I smell another nuclear test coming up

[FloridaPat]

2. If they're so peeved, why don't they send all those jobs back to the US.

And bring their computer programmers in this country back to India.

[TWiley]

7. Don't you think the problem of jobs is a corporate morality issue?

Why blame someone for taking a good opportunity? It is the morality of those who demand obscene tax funds for the military to use to create places in the third world for American Corporations to export jobs to that should be questioned.

Their morality is to steal from the working man and give to the corporate big shots and stock brokers. This is merely the effect of domestic republi-crap policy.

I am happy beyond words when any country openly slaps the bushtapo for their stupidity.

[fujiyama]

10. Because THIS country's corporations sent those jobs there

Don't blame the Indians for taking a good opportunity.

[Johonny]

3. Well I'm sure

we don't need India as and ally or anything. What counry has this administration managed to actually keep on friendly terms with the US? Pakistan, Saudi Arabia... oh great.

[seabeyond]

4. oh yea bush started another war, when no one was looking n/t

[seabeyond]

5. and btw, appears pitting u.s. against europe n/t

[rsmith6621]

6. Is the F-16 Built in

India???????.....:rofl:

[fujiyama]

9. Hell

I wouldn't be surprised if some of the work on the Raptor was outsourced to firms in India. I know certain defense projects get outsourced to so many firms that eventually it may find itself to a foreign firm.

This is kind of amusing though and I'm impressed that India would tell the US to piss off. So this administration is squandering the work Clinton put into building better relations with India.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

8. The NeoCons seem intent on totally isolating......

...the US economically, politically, and militarily.

The last time the world began to band together as a response to the aggressive actions of common foes was prior to the beggining of WWII.