02-05-2004, 12:27 AM
This whole Xerox Khan affair is a well-staged attempt at image-manipulation/ building (IMHO). The US knew all this all along and knows that the totalitarian states like TSP, NK and China have been proliferating in a state-directed show. The US allowed this because it was useful for them to curb Russia and India. Now that the equations have changed slightly they want to give a clean chit for Mushy and build a beatific image for the dictator for he will still be useful in their long term strategy of neutering India. So they picked up Xerox as a goat to be sacrificed, probably with Mushy's consent. In return Pakistan has been given a cleanliness certificate. At the same time the US cannot really antagonize China so they are using Xerox to even absolve China and thereby themselves.
As Paddy said US is a rogue state of sorts- do we all not know that Sammy is always in bed with dubious characters. We just cannot trust the US: Do you business professionally and do not get into personal matters, as the Americans themselves advocate <!--emo&
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As Paddy said US is a rogue state of sorts- do we all not know that Sammy is always in bed with dubious characters. We just cannot trust the US: Do you business professionally and do not get into personal matters, as the Americans themselves advocate <!--emo&
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