tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post5574786593953028933..comments2023-11-06T00:01:30.085+13:00Comments on New Zeal: Russia Woos IndiaTrevor Loudonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040453691836232676noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-3364513079233100272008-02-15T08:43:00.000+13:002008-02-15T08:43:00.000+13:00But India has had friendly links with Russia for d...But India has had friendly links with Russia for decades, pushed there by post-Independence American coldness towards democratic, secular India and support for military-dominated, Islamic Pakistan.<BR/><BR/>Nonetheless India remains secular, democratic and another rising giant of the free market. Pakistan remains a military-run, impoverished Islamic backwater, but now with nukes.<BR/><BR/><I>the battle between the East and what's left of the West</I><BR/><BR/>Surely you meant "what's left of the East."<BR/><BR/>:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com