And do not forget the chemical weapons that Iraq used on Iranians under US instructions, supervision and even control. Iranians have not forgotten that. Scalded victims have been quite vocal about this.
Really? The only way Iran does any business - and the only reason it manages so much a flutter on the international scene - is because of its constant blackmail to block Hormuz.
Getting Iran to teach India is a bit of an ask for a country with an economy smaller than Bangladesh.
The article is not talking about the size of the econonomies of both India and Iran. It was talking about geopolitical relevance. This type of clout comes with economic growth, ability to stand up to bullying, and the ability to protect the citizens of the country without sacrificing a moral standpoint.
Iran refuses to make nuclear weapons. It had the courage to keep over 100 Americans as prisoners for over 400 days. And it has been able to thwart off Saddam Hussain, Israel and even the US.
India allowed the US to send back illegal immigrants in shackles and handcuffs, even while a smaller country like Colombia refused to succumb. India kept quiet when Trump almost humiliated the PM in Feb 2025. India clandestinely allowed agri products into India either on account of blackmail, or lured by private gains. Iran had a reason for being economically weak -- sanctions crimped its growth. India shrank because of policies based on ideology and not sound economics.
I can't understand the running dogs of the empire who can't remember that it is america that not only has the biggest pile of weapons of mass destruction, but has used them repeatedly: nuclear weapons twice, chemical and biological weapons a million times in Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Iraq .. yet, have neither the elementary brains or courage to say 'Iranians will decide for themselves their course of action'. About their lack of elementary morality, the less said, the better.
And when it comes to a law abiding nation, do remember India has some of the worst crimes against women and children. Just look at the only state that did not allow its girl child care homes to be inspected by the Supreme Court of India? 36 Child Care Homes in Uttar Pradesh were not examined in the wak of the Muzzafurpur child molestation and child trafficking. To date the Child care shelters have not been examined. Smriti Irani looked the other way when reminded of this when she was the minister in charge. Then look at the rapes and gross abuse of justice in India as rapist after rapist is granted parole just before elections. If you want more data on this do check out https://asiaconverge.com/2021/07/hindi-belt-ii-crimes-against-children-and-against-humanity/ .
Law abiding people. Indians have a very good record of compliance with the laws and regulations of host nations in diaspora situations. This is a record spanning generations and has helped Indians in these situations be classed as “model minorities”.
Those illegal migrants were planning to do nothing less than completely destroy this built-up reputation of decades. The way they were shackled in the plane ride back suggests they were not exactly civil when it came to being obedient with officers of the law. Like you mentioned, India has criminal elements and these could have been specimens of that.
There is no need to dilute away the good reputation which Indians have cultivated for themselves in diaspora situations to stand for these lot who give absolutely no damn for the law. If what you say about Indians in India is true, then these lot will find no problem feeling at home there.
Law abiding? Have you seen how case after case of violence against minorities have been brushed aside. Occasionally the Supreme Court has to step in.
Consider how vandals in MP were celebrated for attacking a Christmas celebration.
Or just look at the way rapists were felicitated in Gujarat after they were wrongly given parole.
Also consider than 90% of government schools do not have internet connectivity, or that 40% of government schools do not even have a laboratory. Over a lakh government schools have just one teacher for all subjects and for all classes. So much for the Vishwaguru.
I admire your tenacity to defend India. But do defend it on grounds that make sense.
Incidentally, the nuclear facilities were not destroyed. Listen to military experts. There was a pact between the US and Iran where the US bombed empty nuclear facilities and Iran bombed US facilities in Qatar. It wanted Iran to have a similar pact this time to save face. Iran said no.
As for losing sleep, why did Netanyu run to the US a week achead of the scheduled trip. You need to brush up on your geopolitics first before exposing your ignorance.
You call that blackmail? I call it self defence. Consider the manner in which India has howled and lodged protests when the US or China come into the Indian Ocean. That changed after China and India built ports and airports in Sri Lanka. Incidentally, the way Bangladesh got its per capita GDP bigher than India before the coup is a good example of how India is slipping. India has many more lessons to learn, despite its chest-thumping cry of "Vishwaguru".
It is a matter of time before the world called Iran’s bluff. Already the oil sales are out. Next, Iran sells dry fruits. And if they do make trouble at the Hormuz, rest assured they won’t last more than 72 hours at best before their windpipes are knocked out.
The US is the leading naval power in the Indian Ocean region, like it is in every other theatre. That is why it is the one taking the military lead in confronting a rogue actor such as Iran.
Bangladesh is a one-trick point; there is nothing India can learn from it. Iran has Bangladesh for competition when it comes to churning out annual economic product. I mean, Bangladesh dishes out clothes for GAP and H&M; Iran sells dry fruits. That’s the deal here. Amateurs.
Why would it matter at all where I am from? As many deaths as the US is responsible for, it is also responsible for the explosion in human population in the same period, thanks to the Green Revolution which American engineers conceived of (and others merely copied).
Communist China is responsible for, at the same time, 60 million deaths of its own people in pursuit of the mad policies of its dictator. Soviet Union killed over a million of its own people in the Holodomor. Khmer Rouge - 1,000,000 killed out of a population of 3,000,000. Communist Ethiopia under the “Derg” regime killed nearly 1,000,000 of its own people as well.
Inside of seventy years, communist regimes across the world have killed over 100,000,000 human beings, while leaving the rest who were alive wanting to kill themselves. And they have the temerity to point fingers at others?
As for the Muslims, they haven’t managed to kill as many simply because they don’t have the tech or the sense of organisation. They do compensate for that with the most oppressive human rights record of any society, making life worse than death for hundreds of millions. Iran has the ability to make a nuclear bomb; and this gives them the ability to pull of a mass casualty event.
The world simply doesn’t want the bearded madmen of Iran to be an effective threat at all - to any one. Can’t trust big dangerous toys with kids.
But the number of communist murders are rather true. This happened in the 20th century complete with video evidence, not in the libraries of smoked-up leftist propagandists, oops, historians.
During the man-made famine in Communist China after the failed Great Leap Forward, there were several reports of, among other things:
1. People eating sand
2. People killing their own children to eat
3. People hunting each other to eat
Never mind the fact that the Communist project in China to equalise people regardless of class privilege failed anyway: when the economy opened, and those from the proletariat class were given a leg up by the communists at the expense of those identified as bourgeoisie, descendants of the bourgeoisie nevertheless emerged on top of the pile of winners of the new economy, despite being actively “de-privileged”.
That is just the ideological aspect of their failure. Murders follow.
There is an entire museum in Cambodia filled with a section of the millions killed by the Communist Khmer Rouge. Apparently, one of the communist thugs who was a field commander ordered his henchmen to kill civilians using hammers instead of guns to save on bullets.
We don’t need to recall what either ISIS has been documented doing in Iraq and Syria, or the Taliban in Afghanistan. Or the fact that few types of women are as oppressed and deprived of their basic human rights as the Muslim woman - 800 million of them. Or the fact that there is not one single example of a fully fledged democracy in any Islamic country anywhere where the military is not involved in the political sphere (this removes their only hopes - Turkey and Indonesia).
Iran itself has killed around 30,000 of its own people inside of two weeks at the head of this year.
> Iran felt hurt that a country it regarded as a friend could not help it out during such difficult times.
If the "experts" writing this article think this then God save international policy experts. If you think Iran had not anticipated this then you both need to get your heads out of Twitter. India stands nowhere in front of China, Russia, and US to face the US head-on.
Sad, Sachs constantly calls for India to become a permanent member of the Security Council. But do we really want another US proxy vote on the Security Council. If one day India demonstrates genuine leadership and bends backwards to accommodate the interest of weaker states, then I would support India’s case. Meanwhile I oppose India having a permanent seat at the Security Council, let alone being able to exercise veto power. Sachs should really be more careful about blithely assuming India will be a responsible participant on the Security Council.
What a cowardly country India has become since 2014. No government is as pusillanimous as this modi sarkar.
And do not forget the chemical weapons that Iraq used on Iranians under US instructions, supervision and even control. Iranians have not forgotten that. Scalded victims have been quite vocal about this.
Really? The only way Iran does any business - and the only reason it manages so much a flutter on the international scene - is because of its constant blackmail to block Hormuz.
Getting Iran to teach India is a bit of an ask for a country with an economy smaller than Bangladesh.
Let us get a bit more serious analysis next time.
The article is not talking about the size of the econonomies of both India and Iran. It was talking about geopolitical relevance. This type of clout comes with economic growth, ability to stand up to bullying, and the ability to protect the citizens of the country without sacrificing a moral standpoint.
Iran refuses to make nuclear weapons. It had the courage to keep over 100 Americans as prisoners for over 400 days. And it has been able to thwart off Saddam Hussain, Israel and even the US.
India allowed the US to send back illegal immigrants in shackles and handcuffs, even while a smaller country like Colombia refused to succumb. India kept quiet when Trump almost humiliated the PM in Feb 2025. India clandestinely allowed agri products into India either on account of blackmail, or lured by private gains. Iran had a reason for being economically weak -- sanctions crimped its growth. India shrank because of policies based on ideology and not sound economics.
Does that make sense to you?
I can't understand the running dogs of the empire who can't remember that it is america that not only has the biggest pile of weapons of mass destruction, but has used them repeatedly: nuclear weapons twice, chemical and biological weapons a million times in Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Iraq .. yet, have neither the elementary brains or courage to say 'Iranians will decide for themselves their course of action'. About their lack of elementary morality, the less said, the better.
And when it comes to a law abiding nation, do remember India has some of the worst crimes against women and children. Just look at the only state that did not allow its girl child care homes to be inspected by the Supreme Court of India? 36 Child Care Homes in Uttar Pradesh were not examined in the wak of the Muzzafurpur child molestation and child trafficking. To date the Child care shelters have not been examined. Smriti Irani looked the other way when reminded of this when she was the minister in charge. Then look at the rapes and gross abuse of justice in India as rapist after rapist is granted parole just before elections. If you want more data on this do check out https://asiaconverge.com/2021/07/hindi-belt-ii-crimes-against-children-and-against-humanity/ .
Law abiding people. Indians have a very good record of compliance with the laws and regulations of host nations in diaspora situations. This is a record spanning generations and has helped Indians in these situations be classed as “model minorities”.
Those illegal migrants were planning to do nothing less than completely destroy this built-up reputation of decades. The way they were shackled in the plane ride back suggests they were not exactly civil when it came to being obedient with officers of the law. Like you mentioned, India has criminal elements and these could have been specimens of that.
There is no need to dilute away the good reputation which Indians have cultivated for themselves in diaspora situations to stand for these lot who give absolutely no damn for the law. If what you say about Indians in India is true, then these lot will find no problem feeling at home there.
Law abiding? Have you seen how case after case of violence against minorities have been brushed aside. Occasionally the Supreme Court has to step in.
Consider how vandals in MP were celebrated for attacking a Christmas celebration.
Or just look at the way rapists were felicitated in Gujarat after they were wrongly given parole.
Also consider than 90% of government schools do not have internet connectivity, or that 40% of government schools do not even have a laboratory. Over a lakh government schools have just one teacher for all subjects and for all classes. So much for the Vishwaguru.
I admire your tenacity to defend India. But do defend it on grounds that make sense.
Incidentally, the nuclear facilities were not destroyed. Listen to military experts. There was a pact between the US and Iran where the US bombed empty nuclear facilities and Iran bombed US facilities in Qatar. It wanted Iran to have a similar pact this time to save face. Iran said no.
As for losing sleep, why did Netanyu run to the US a week achead of the scheduled trip. You need to brush up on your geopolitics first before exposing your ignorance.
You call that blackmail? I call it self defence. Consider the manner in which India has howled and lodged protests when the US or China come into the Indian Ocean. That changed after China and India built ports and airports in Sri Lanka. Incidentally, the way Bangladesh got its per capita GDP bigher than India before the coup is a good example of how India is slipping. India has many more lessons to learn, despite its chest-thumping cry of "Vishwaguru".
It is a matter of time before the world called Iran’s bluff. Already the oil sales are out. Next, Iran sells dry fruits. And if they do make trouble at the Hormuz, rest assured they won’t last more than 72 hours at best before their windpipes are knocked out.
The US is the leading naval power in the Indian Ocean region, like it is in every other theatre. That is why it is the one taking the military lead in confronting a rogue actor such as Iran.
Bangladesh is a one-trick point; there is nothing India can learn from it. Iran has Bangladesh for competition when it comes to churning out annual economic product. I mean, Bangladesh dishes out clothes for GAP and H&M; Iran sells dry fruits. That’s the deal here. Amateurs.
Are you a Thirdworlder?!
Which is the most rogue nation in entire History? Which country has mass murdered over 25 million people since the war in Korea?
How shamefully illiterate can a person be? But perhaps you are a firstworlder, hiding behind a 'banyan'.
Why would it matter at all where I am from? As many deaths as the US is responsible for, it is also responsible for the explosion in human population in the same period, thanks to the Green Revolution which American engineers conceived of (and others merely copied).
Communist China is responsible for, at the same time, 60 million deaths of its own people in pursuit of the mad policies of its dictator. Soviet Union killed over a million of its own people in the Holodomor. Khmer Rouge - 1,000,000 killed out of a population of 3,000,000. Communist Ethiopia under the “Derg” regime killed nearly 1,000,000 of its own people as well.
Inside of seventy years, communist regimes across the world have killed over 100,000,000 human beings, while leaving the rest who were alive wanting to kill themselves. And they have the temerity to point fingers at others?
As for the Muslims, they haven’t managed to kill as many simply because they don’t have the tech or the sense of organisation. They do compensate for that with the most oppressive human rights record of any society, making life worse than death for hundreds of millions. Iran has the ability to make a nuclear bomb; and this gives them the ability to pull of a mass casualty event.
The world simply doesn’t want the bearded madmen of Iran to be an effective threat at all - to any one. Can’t trust big dangerous toys with kids.
You are right, it doesn't matter. Black skin or white, in your white mask you obediently parrot the genocidal lies of more than 500 years.
But the number of communist murders are rather true. This happened in the 20th century complete with video evidence, not in the libraries of smoked-up leftist propagandists, oops, historians.
During the man-made famine in Communist China after the failed Great Leap Forward, there were several reports of, among other things:
1. People eating sand
2. People killing their own children to eat
3. People hunting each other to eat
Never mind the fact that the Communist project in China to equalise people regardless of class privilege failed anyway: when the economy opened, and those from the proletariat class were given a leg up by the communists at the expense of those identified as bourgeoisie, descendants of the bourgeoisie nevertheless emerged on top of the pile of winners of the new economy, despite being actively “de-privileged”.
That is just the ideological aspect of their failure. Murders follow.
There is an entire museum in Cambodia filled with a section of the millions killed by the Communist Khmer Rouge. Apparently, one of the communist thugs who was a field commander ordered his henchmen to kill civilians using hammers instead of guns to save on bullets.
We don’t need to recall what either ISIS has been documented doing in Iraq and Syria, or the Taliban in Afghanistan. Or the fact that few types of women are as oppressed and deprived of their basic human rights as the Muslim woman - 800 million of them. Or the fact that there is not one single example of a fully fledged democracy in any Islamic country anywhere where the military is not involved in the political sphere (this removes their only hopes - Turkey and Indonesia).
Iran itself has killed around 30,000 of its own people inside of two weeks at the head of this year.
But America bad.
Most stupid analysis on external affairs, looks paid by sombody, no need to guess
> Iran felt hurt that a country it regarded as a friend could not help it out during such difficult times.
If the "experts" writing this article think this then God save international policy experts. If you think Iran had not anticipated this then you both need to get your heads out of Twitter. India stands nowhere in front of China, Russia, and US to face the US head-on.
Iran was never friend of india, it supports pakisthan on kashmir issue
Sad, Sachs constantly calls for India to become a permanent member of the Security Council. But do we really want another US proxy vote on the Security Council. If one day India demonstrates genuine leadership and bends backwards to accommodate the interest of weaker states, then I would support India’s case. Meanwhile I oppose India having a permanent seat at the Security Council, let alone being able to exercise veto power. Sachs should really be more careful about blithely assuming India will be a responsible participant on the Security Council.
I agree with what you say.