RE: By now India had completely given up on the US. In August 1971, it ended its non-aligned stance and signed the Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation with the Soviet Union to safeguard itself against any American intervention.
So essentially, Nixon helped drive India further into the clutches of Moscow. [Smooth move Ex-lax!] You know, I do respect Nixon in many ways. But in some cases, he was just so lame!
.This is not as bad as it sounds-- the "nonaligned" stance was a corrupt 'play both sides of the street hustle' of the Cold War adversaries, and USSR just finally made a better deal for them.
The Ghandis and their Party were never friends of the West, they set their own nation back a generation, and Nixon didn't come by his attitude by accident out of the clear blue sky.
.This is not as bad as it sounds-- the "nonaligned" stance was a corrupt 'play both sides of the street hustle' of the Cold War adversaries, and USSR just finally made a better deal for them.
The Ghandis and their Party were never friends of the West, they set their own nation back a generation, and Nixon didn't come by his attitude by accident out of the clear blue sky.