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US made mistake in `hastily embracing Musharraf`: US Senator
Washington, Apr 15: Describing India as `one of the rocks` on which America could build a strategic partnership, several US legislators have expressed their opposition to the United States making haste in embracing General Pervez Musharraf after 9/11 without making sure he would give up crossborder terrorism against India.
Washington, Apr 15: Describing India as "one of the rocks" on which America could build a strategic partnership, several US legislators have expressed their opposition to the United States making haste in embracing General Pervez Musharraf after 9/11 without making sure he would give up crossborder terrorism against India.
Dubbing the US-India relationship as a "win-win-situation," Sen Joseph Biden (d-de), ranking member of the Senate foreign relations committee, warned that "dictators cannot protect the interests of the United States."
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US made mistake in "hastily embracing Musharraf": US Senator
Washington, Apr 15: Describing India as "one of the rocks" on which America could build a strategic partnership, several US legislators have expressed their opposition to the United States making haste in embracing General Pervez Musharraf after 9/11 without making sure he would give up crossborder terrorism against India.
Dubbing the US-India relationship as a "win-win-situation," Sen Joseph Biden (d-de), ranking member of the Senate foreign relations committee, warned that "dictators cannot protect the interests of the United States."
The sentiments were echoed by several legislators at a "breakfast on the hill" event sponsored by the US-India Political Action Committee (USINPAC).
"The US made a mistake in hastily embracing general Musharraf after 9/11. It would perhaps have been better to have used Nato to crush the Taleban and al Qaeda rather than to make a Faustian bargain with Pakistan, a press release quoting Biden said.
He said that although the US should put conditions on aid and debt relief to Pakistan, a lack of information and ignorance about the nature of the Pakistani regime seems to be prevalent among many members of the current administration. There are three principal reasons for this the administration is preoccupied with Iraq, the India-Pakistan problem does not lend itself to a neo-conservative solution such as direct US military action, and the fact that the administration has not focused on the subcontinent, Biden argued.
Bureau Report
Washington, Apr 15: Describing India as "one of the rocks" on which America could build a strategic partnership, several US legislators have expressed their opposition to the United States making haste in embracing General Pervez Musharraf after 9/11 without making sure he would give up crossborder terrorism against India.
Dubbing the US-India relationship as a "win-win-situation," Sen Joseph Biden (d-de), ranking member of the Senate foreign relations committee, warned that "dictators cannot protect the interests of the United States."
The sentiments were echoed by several legislators at a "breakfast on the hill" event sponsored by the US-India Political Action Committee (USINPAC).
"The US made a mistake in hastily embracing general Musharraf after 9/11. It would perhaps have been better to have used Nato to crush the Taleban and al Qaeda rather than to make a Faustian bargain with Pakistan, a press release quoting Biden said.
He said that although the US should put conditions on aid and debt relief to Pakistan, a lack of information and ignorance about the nature of the Pakistani regime seems to be prevalent among many members of the current administration. There are three principal reasons for this the administration is preoccupied with Iraq, the India-Pakistan problem does not lend itself to a neo-conservative solution such as direct US military action, and the fact that the administration has not focused on the subcontinent, Biden argued.
Bureau Report