07-25-2009, 01:03 PM
<!--emo&:blow--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='blow.gif' /><!--endemo--> In its bid to appease Islamabadâs ruling elite, Washington risks alienating the Indian people. But New Delhiâs discomfort with President Obama goes beyond Pakistan. If his appointment of Representative Ellen Tauscher, a trenchant critic of the US-India civilian nuclear accord, to undersecretary of state for arms control and international affairs raised serious doubts in India about its full implementation, his choice of Tim Roemer, an Indiana congressman not particularly known for his knowledge of India, as ambassador to New Delhi looked like a snub - when contrasted with his pick for China, the high-profile Governor Jon Huntsman.
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editoria...ienating_india/
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editoria...ienating_india/

