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but i do agree that i added a lot of sarcasm in those lines.. every country had done some mistakes in the past. Like india sent IPF to Srilanka to fight against LTTE etc., but those mistakes are more when it comes to US. US had put it’s finger in almost every corner of the world for some reason or the other. It interfered as many times as it can in other countries’ internal affairs

Huh?? Mistakes? India didn't make a mistake with the IPKF. The mistake was not fighting to win. A nation-state's duty is to ITSELF, not to some other nation. India had every right to seek it's own interests, just like it did in 1971 when it told the US to not interfere, just like it defended itself in Kargil.

The US is a superpower, understand -- and even more so in the 50s to the 90s. We had 40% of the world's GDP, the largest, most advanced and most powerful military in the world. And we were a benevolent superpower -- can you imagine what would have happened if communist China or the USSR had been a super-superpower instead? India (and a lot of the world) would have been speaking Mandarin or Russian.

Secondly, the US as a superpower HAS to police the world. If the US doesn't, then it gets blamed (example, in Rwanda and now in tDarfur, the cry goes up "Why doesn't the US invade?"). The US's failing is that it didn't always look out for #1, which other countries would do.

those who have jaundice, the world looks yellow.. for those who have the zeal to do a war, every war looks reasonable and not a mistake. India has no right to interfere in SRILANKA’s internal problem. If it’s idea is to safeguard itself, then they can place the same IPKF at the India-Srilanka boarder to stop infiltration into India.. If it wants to make a war, then International community should be involved, not just one country to go there fight and become enemy.. we sent Peace Force to Srilanka only to lose our own peace inside the country..