Why should the US care? Because in the end, as its wrangle with Britain this week should have reminded them, America still needs bases, friendly ports, & overfly rights.
Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.
IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
According to Ms. Vaishna Roy (Editor, The Hindu), an old friend of Mr. Shekhar Gupta, the name “Sindoor” is an abomination. The fact that the Indian government and the the military named the operation “Sindoor”, shows that they believe in “ownership of women” and are “regressive, patriarchal, primitive, ……..”.
So does this mean that Mr. Shekhar Gupta does not concur with his old buddy Ms. Vaishna Roy?
The selection of nine targets for Operation Sindoor was impeccable. Nests of terror. No military, economic or civilian sites, which define a normal war. India is standing on the first step of the ladder, no longer deterred by where it leads to further up. It is for Pakistan to consider whether it wishes to move up. Also for each government that has leverage or influence over it and General Asim Munir to counsel utmost restraint.
According to Ms. Vaishna Roy (Editor, The Hindu), an old friend of Mr. Shekhar Gupta, the name “Sindoor” is an abomination. The fact that the Indian government and the the military named the operation “Sindoor”, shows that they believe in “ownership of women” and are “regressive, patriarchal, primitive, ……..”.
So does this mean that Mr. Shekhar Gupta does not concur with his old buddy Ms. Vaishna Roy?
The selection of nine targets for Operation Sindoor was impeccable. Nests of terror. No military, economic or civilian sites, which define a normal war. India is standing on the first step of the ladder, no longer deterred by where it leads to further up. It is for Pakistan to consider whether it wishes to move up. Also for each government that has leverage or influence over it and General Asim Munir to counsel utmost restraint.