Reply #26: just where the hell is the Indian opposition? [View All]

[welshTerrier2]

the question you raised is exactly what most of us are fighting against ... the Democratic Party, for far too long, has failed to function as a real opposition party ... whether the motivation for this is that our Party has been taken over by the right-wing or whether it is just the result of misguided political calculation, we have few in the Party who represent us ... but the problems we face go way beyond internal political parties ... paagal, i see the problem as international, not national and certainly not just in the Democratic Party ...

look at the evil that is being cooked up for us all between your government and ours ... it's a story in today's headlines (not in the US, of course because Americans believe the world ends at their own borders) ...

here's a link to the article: http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=76774

The Indian Government has hired the most powerful lobbying firm in the US to help them "get around" some of the restrictive rules regarding the development of "advanced nuclear technology" ... the lobbying firm is made up of a veritable parade of former bush appointees including one guy who actively participated on bush v. Gore in Florida in 2000 ... what we have here is a situation where greater access to nuclear technology is being acquired by bribing the US Government by using the services of well-connected right-wing operatives ...

i'm glad to see citizens of other countries "intervening" in critical issues in the US because they have global implications ... it's the same reason that Americans need to start understanding that power, greed and corruption can't be addressed without looking beyond our own borders ...

so I would ask the same question of you that you asked of us: is there a "left-wing" in your country that is fighting against the promotion of "advanced nuclear technology" or have the greedy capitalists taken control of your government with little or no effective opposition?