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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->India ready to shoulder global role: US report<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Everything comes at a price. Every deal we make is only going to be in their favour. And if it does anything good for our country it is wholly by accident, not by their design, and only grudgingly given.
"shouldering global role" who are they to give it? All countries in the world need to shoulder a global role. But the US means, a role in their policy for the world. That includes Indian army personnel taking part in the wars the US maps out.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/GG30Df03.html
In the US Army now
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->According to reports, of the 15,000 new US citizens who were naturalized in the week of July 4, hundreds were from the military. Foreign legal residents make up 2% to 3% of the US military, but they are becoming citizens in record numbers. The largest number of foreigners in the US forces is from the Philippines (25 %). According to the Migration Policy Institute, 410 Indians were actively serving the US military in the year 2004. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The carrot of citizenship through the army, of course, is a response to the US administration coming under increasing pressure over rising casualties in Iraq. With nations around the world, including India, refusing to officially deploy troops in Iraq, various methods have come to light that encourage people to join the war effort.
Mercenaries make up the second-largest occupation force in Iraq, outnumbering even the biggest US ally, Britain. A recent report by a news agency pegged the number of personnel from private military firms at more than 15,000 in Iraq.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->India has been tough about the involvement of its citizens in Iraq. In April 2004, the Indian government for security reasons banned workers from going to Iraq, but it seemed that the government, as well as US authorities, were prepared to turn a blind eye to the illegal transit of Indians through Kuwait or Jordan on their way to Iraq.
However, matters changed quickly when in August last year three Indian truck drivers illegally operating in Iraq were kidnapped for ransom and were released only after protracted negotiations with New Delhi. After the episode, the government issued instructions to crack down on recruiting agencies that were sending Indian workers, whether ex-servicemen, drivers, cooks or menial hands, to aid the US troops.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Since September 11, 59 <i>posthumous</i> citizenships have been given out.</b> Among them is <b><i>US</i> Army private Uday Singh, 21, from Chandigarh</b> (a north Indian city known for its laid-back yet modern lifestyle) who was killed in Iraq in December 2004. <b>His cremation in Chandigarh </b>was attended by the head of the US Pacific Command and <b>his remains interred in Arlington</b>, Virginia. <b>Singh, who was eager to become a US citizen</b>, wrote to a close relative from Iraq last November. "I got some more good news. My citizenship process has finally gone through." <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->It shows how the US goes over and above the Indian government's control of its own army to get Indians to do the soldier-work in Iraq for America: by promising green cards to all Indian army professionals who will disobey Indian govt.'s own position on the matter.
Then, when the Indian soldier dies in Iraq (quite a high chance of that happening), he'd have done what the US wanted (fought in Iraq, instead of them having to lose one of their own precious American soldiers' lives) and fortunately for the US, never get to live in America. It works out so perfectly for them. They're very clever. It also shows how much they really care about Indians and others recruited as mercenaries. And we need our army for our own, real and actual conflicts.
If only communists and the usual terrorists would aim for a green card instead.
And if only Hindus in the Indian Army would act against the communist government and for India's long-term interests as easily as they disobey and act for America's interests.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->India ready to shoulder global role: US report<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Everything comes at a price. Every deal we make is only going to be in their favour. And if it does anything good for our country it is wholly by accident, not by their design, and only grudgingly given.
"shouldering global role" who are they to give it? All countries in the world need to shoulder a global role. But the US means, a role in their policy for the world. That includes Indian army personnel taking part in the wars the US maps out.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/GG30Df03.html
In the US Army now
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->According to reports, of the 15,000 new US citizens who were naturalized in the week of July 4, hundreds were from the military. Foreign legal residents make up 2% to 3% of the US military, but they are becoming citizens in record numbers. The largest number of foreigners in the US forces is from the Philippines (25 %). According to the Migration Policy Institute, 410 Indians were actively serving the US military in the year 2004. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The carrot of citizenship through the army, of course, is a response to the US administration coming under increasing pressure over rising casualties in Iraq. With nations around the world, including India, refusing to officially deploy troops in Iraq, various methods have come to light that encourage people to join the war effort.
Mercenaries make up the second-largest occupation force in Iraq, outnumbering even the biggest US ally, Britain. A recent report by a news agency pegged the number of personnel from private military firms at more than 15,000 in Iraq.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->India has been tough about the involvement of its citizens in Iraq. In April 2004, the Indian government for security reasons banned workers from going to Iraq, but it seemed that the government, as well as US authorities, were prepared to turn a blind eye to the illegal transit of Indians through Kuwait or Jordan on their way to Iraq.
However, matters changed quickly when in August last year three Indian truck drivers illegally operating in Iraq were kidnapped for ransom and were released only after protracted negotiations with New Delhi. After the episode, the government issued instructions to crack down on recruiting agencies that were sending Indian workers, whether ex-servicemen, drivers, cooks or menial hands, to aid the US troops.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Since September 11, 59 <i>posthumous</i> citizenships have been given out.</b> Among them is <b><i>US</i> Army private Uday Singh, 21, from Chandigarh</b> (a north Indian city known for its laid-back yet modern lifestyle) who was killed in Iraq in December 2004. <b>His cremation in Chandigarh </b>was attended by the head of the US Pacific Command and <b>his remains interred in Arlington</b>, Virginia. <b>Singh, who was eager to become a US citizen</b>, wrote to a close relative from Iraq last November. "I got some more good news. My citizenship process has finally gone through." <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->It shows how the US goes over and above the Indian government's control of its own army to get Indians to do the soldier-work in Iraq for America: by promising green cards to all Indian army professionals who will disobey Indian govt.'s own position on the matter.
Then, when the Indian soldier dies in Iraq (quite a high chance of that happening), he'd have done what the US wanted (fought in Iraq, instead of them having to lose one of their own precious American soldiers' lives) and fortunately for the US, never get to live in America. It works out so perfectly for them. They're very clever. It also shows how much they really care about Indians and others recruited as mercenaries. And we need our army for our own, real and actual conflicts.
If only communists and the usual terrorists would aim for a green card instead.
And if only Hindus in the Indian Army would act against the communist government and for India's long-term interests as easily as they disobey and act for America's interests.