Double standards of Bush adminstration

[Suresh Gupta]

Today's newspapers in India are full of stories about Bush administration adopting double standards and refusing entry to the Chief Minister of an Indian State, Gujrat. The Chief Minister has commented that "It is a matter of India's prestige and sovereignty. If an Ameriacan wants to come to India, are we going to deny him visa because of what they did in Iraq".

India's foreign ministry's spokesman has said that "The action is uncalled for and displays lack of courtesy and sensitivity towards an elected chief minister of a state of India".

India's ruling party's spokesman said that "India will feel strongly when a CM is denied visa".

I am an Indian citizen and feel hurt and insulted at double standards being adopted by Bush administration and forcing its own laws on my country. After creating situations where lakhs of innocent people have been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq Bush administration is now in the process of hurting Indians.

[Lon]

Originally Posted by Suresh Gupta

Today's newspapers in India are full of stories about Bush administration adopting double standards and refusing entry to the Chief Minister of an Indian State, Gujrat. The Chief Minister has commented that "It is a matter of India's prestige and sovereignty. If an Ameriacan wants to come to India, are we going to deny him visa because of what they did in Iraq".

India's foreign ministry's spokesman has said that "The action is uncalled for and displays lack of courtesy and sensitivity towards an elected chief minister of a state of India".

India's ruling party's spokesman said that "India will feel strongly when a CM is denied visa".

I am an Indian citizen and feel hurt and insulted at double standards being adopted by Bush administration and forcing its own laws on my country. After creating situations where lakhs of innocent people have been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq Bush administration is now in the process of hurting Indians.

It's just not the Bush Admistration Suresh. The U.S. has a history of adopting what could be called a Double Standard on a number of things.

[gmc]

Why are they refusing entry?

[Godiva Girl]

Originally Posted by Suresh Gupta

Today's newspapers in India are full of stories about Bush administration adopting double standards and refusing entry to the Chief Minister of an Indian State, Gujrat. The Chief Minister has commented that "It is a matter of India's prestige and sovereignty. If an Ameriacan wants to come to India, are we going to deny him visa because of what they did in Iraq".

India's foreign ministry's spokesman has said that "The action is uncalled for and displays lack of courtesy and sensitivity towards an elected chief minister of a state of India".

India's ruling party's spokesman said that "India will feel strongly when a CM is denied visa".

I am an Indian citizen and feel hurt and insulted at double standards being adopted by Bush administration and forcing its own laws on my country. After creating situations where lakhs of innocent people have been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq Bush administration is now in the process of hurting Indians.

That's the Bush administration for you. I am not surprised at all by this and I don't blame you for feeling insulted. I do not know much about India and it's relationship with the U.S., if we are on good terms with India then there is no reason for the Chief Minister to be denied a visa. Look at all the terrorists and criminals from other countries that have been given visas by the U.S. and they were not elected officials. Also, the U. S. has enough countries disliking us due to the Bush administration. The last thing the U.S. needs is to be on bad terms with another country. Unfortunately, that is something the Bush administration is not wise enough to think of.

[Suresh Gupta]

Originally Posted by gmc

Why are they refusing entry?

Perhaps it is their way of telling other countries that we rule the world - relations on our terms or else you will be put to all sort of indignities; we can even strip you at our airports, we an attack you if you do not fall in line with us........ There can be many reasons.

[Suresh Gupta]

Originally Posted by Godiva Girl

That's the Bush administration for you. I am not surprised at all by this and I don't blame you for feeling insulted. I do not know much about India and it's relationship with the U.S., if we are on good terms with India then there is no reason for the Chief Minister to be denied a visa. Look at all the terrorists and criminals from other countries that have been given visas by the U.S. and they were not elected officials. Also, the U. S. has enough countries disliking us due to the Bush administration. The last thing the U.S. needs is to be on bad terms with another country. Unfortunately, that is something the Bush administration is not wise enough to think of.

Yes dear.

The explanation given by Mulford, US Ambassador, has been termed as wrong by BJP, the ruling party in Gujrat. BJP has said that US has taken this action without any basis.

Rather than expressing regret over this, US is saying that this insult to a democratically elected constiutional CM of an state of India will have no effect on Indo-US relations. What can be more absurd than this - US keep on insulting Indians and their country but Indians should maintain good relations with US.

Is there any difference between suicide attacks by Islamic Jehadis killing innocent people and attack on other countries by US killing innocent people? Sometimes I am confused to decide who is the bigger terrorist.

[chicagolosina]

I wasn't aware that a Chief Minister needed a visa to go anywhere. I thought they would have Diplomatic passports?

I haven't heard about this over here either..imagine the uproar if an American politician was denied a visa to any country in the world...it would be all over CNN.

[Suresh Gupta]

Originally Posted by chicagolosina

I wasn't aware that a Chief Minister needed a visa to go anywhere. I thought they would have Diplomatic passports?

I haven't heard about this over here either..imagine the uproar if an American politician was denied a visa to any country in the world...it would be all over CNN.

He has a diplomatic passport but to go to a country he needs visa.

The Chief Minister is also emphasizing on this point that for crimes in Iraq India should also deny visa to American politicans. I support him on this as it is the only way third-world countries can force US adminstration to mand its double tandards.

[anastrophe]

Originally Posted by Suresh Gupta

He has a diplomatic passport but to go to a country he needs visa.

The Chief Minister is also emphasizing on this point that for crimes in Iraq India should also deny visa to American politicans. I support him on this as it is the only way third-world countries can force US adminstration to mand its double tandards.

what crimes are you referring to?

you realize that the majority of iraqi citizens are *glad* we invaded. we ousted a vicious dictator. was the pretext for war based on faulty intelligence? yes. is that a crime? no.

[Suresh Gupta]

Originally Posted by anastrophe

what crimes are you referring to?

you realize that the majority of iraqi citizens are *glad* we invaded. we ousted a vicious dictator. was the pretext for war based on faulty intelligence? yes. is that a crime? no.

Killing innocent people (for whatever reasons) is the crime I am referring to. There was a Hindu-Muslim riot in Gujrat. Many innocent people were killed. Human rights activists blame the CM for this as in their pinion CM should have controlled these riots without loss of any life. US administration picks up a report of these activists and denies the visa to CM.

Now US administration attacks Iraq and many innocent people are killed. If US has reasons for attacking Iraq then Indian CM also has reasons. US says Iraq had WMDs and was posing a threat to the interests of US. CM says that he had taken action and controlled the riots but as the riots suddenly flared up many lives were lost. If he had not taken these actions many more lives would have been lost.

May be many Iraqi citizens are glad but here also many people are glad whose relatives were killed by Muslims by burning a train compartments full of Hindus, the inident which sparked the riots.

Now is it not adopting double standards?