The India Card: U.S. warns of threat China, signs military pact w India

[Bill]

I think it is good to have positive relations w/ India but why wait till now??

Better late than never~naked & open move to contain China but no silk roads lead to India......

If Biden is elected this is a strategy I hope he looks @..


Trump preparing for war??

U.S. warns of threat posed by China, signs military pact with India

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United States and India signed a pact to share sensitive satellite and map data on Tuesday as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned of the threat posed by an increasingly assertive China.

Pompeo, who arrived in New Delhi on Monday along with Defense Secretary Mark Esper, said after talks with their Indian counterparts that the two countries had to work together to confront the threat China posed to security and freedom.

The annual U.S.-India strategic dialogue comes at a time of heightened tension in the region, with Indian troops confronting Chinese forces on their disputed Himalayan border.

“Big things are happening as our democracies align to better protect the citizens of our two countries and indeed, of the free world,” Pompeo told reporters after the talks with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

“Our leaders, and our citizens, see with increasing clarity that the Chinese Communist Party is no friend to democracy, the rule of law, transparency, nor to freedom of navigation, the foundation of a free and open, prosperous Indo-Pacific,” Pompeo said.

The new defence pact - the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement on Geospatial Cooperation - was a “significant milestone” that would foster cooperation between the militaries of both countries, Esper told the news conference.

The United States planned to sell more fighter planes and drones to India, Esper added. The pact will give India access to a range of topographical, nautical and aeronautical data that is considered vital for targeting of missiles and armed drones.

It would also allow the United States to provide advanced navigational aids and avionics on U.S.-supplied aircraft to India, an Indian defence source said.

U.S. President Donald Trump has made being tough on China a key part of his campaign to secure a second term in next week’s presidential election and Pompeo has been trying to bolster allies to counter China’s growing influence in the region.

China dismissed Pompeo’s accusations.

“We urge Pompeo to abandon his Cold War mentality, zero-sum mindset, and stop harping on the ‘China threat’,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a news briefing in Beijing earlier on Tuesday.

India has its own problems with China.

In June, 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a clash with Chinese troops on their high-altitude border, hardening the mood in India against China and driving Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to seek closer military ties with the United States.

Jaishankar did not refer directly to China in his comments at the news conference but hailed “national security convergences” with the United States and their determination to tackle security and counter-terrorism issues and ensure peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

This month, India invited Australia to join naval drills it holds each year with the United States and Japan, brushing off Chinese concerns that the exercises destabilise the region.

[PostmodernProphet]

now the lib'ruls hate India?.....

[Hawkeye10]

A slight tangent: What india does and what happens between India and Pakistan will have a huge impact on how the New Chinese Empire develops.

I have been trying to figure out India and what India will do for near seven years....I still dont get it....it does not seem like anyone else does either.

[Bill]

now the lib'ruls hate India?.....

Pls don't comment w/out reading it first........ You have enough problems w/ comprehension as it is......

[PostmodernProphet]

I read it.......I'm wondering why you feel it is wrong to affirm alliance with India.......I suppose as a Biden supporter you would prefer if we allied with CHina against India......

[Cypress]

“Big things are happening as our democracies align to better protect the citizens of our two countries and indeed, of the free world,” Pompeo told reporters

Republicans both in politics and on message boards have spent careers claiming we are not a democracy... As well as openly articulating hostility to democracy.

[PostmodernProphet]

Republicans both in politics and on message boards have spent careers claiming we are not a democracy... As well as openly articulating hostility to democracy.

rhetoric does not change the reality of social structures.......

[Cypress]

rhetoric does not change the reality of social structures.......

rhetoric= civilized word for lying.

So which is it?

Rightwing message board posters are lying that we are not a democracy?

Or is Secretary of State Pompeo is lying that we are a democracy?

[PostmodernProphet]

rhetoric= civilized word for lying.

So which is it?

Rightwing message board posters are lying that we are not a democracy?

Or is Secretary of State Pompeo is lying that we are a democracy?

what America is is clearly defined within the Constitution and historical definitions of political structures........your posts = civilized lying......

[Cypress]

what America is is clearly defined within the Constitution and historical definitions of political structures........your posts = civilized lying......

Your own Secretary of State, conservative Republican Pompeo, said on the public record that America is a democracy.

[dukkha]

I think it is good to have positive relations w/ India but why wait till now??

Better late than never~naked & open move to contain China but no silk roads lead to India......

If Biden is elected this is a strategy I hope he looks @..

Beijing Biden?? ROFL you cannot be serious. he was asked last week if China is a strategic threat
and AGAIN said they are only competitors

So I can't see how he could possibly grasp the geopolitics here -especially since he has said he's going to undo all of Trumps policies on China

[Micawber]

Cool, my employer has offices in India.

[dukkha]

I used to think this was all about Kashmir -but I'm increasingly convinced Modi wants to schism away from China
and go under US security blanket

[PostmodernProphet]

Your own Secretary of State, conservative Republican Pompeo, said on the public record that America is a democracy.

and the last time I looked, that did not amend the Constitution.......

[RB 60]

rhetoric= civilized word for lying.

So which is it?

Rightwing message board posters are lying that we are not a democracy?

Or is Secretary of State Pompeo is lying that we are a democracy?

...or was Obama lying too?