I'm waiting for Russian Advocates .!! will they have Answers
What exactly did RUssia do for india during the Cold War that was so special?
( many will say Bay of Bengal nuclear submarine help ) but a russian military member
Here said it was just a routine patrol for Russia nothing special,.
One thing Russia did do for india is keep india economic growth rate below 2 percent for
3 decades.
Some facts of the Cold War where the west was so bad to INdia:
USA and Uk offered india a unsc permanent membership which Nehru
Refused to be a lapdog for the commies.
Kennedy during 1962 war was ready to give total military assistance which
Was also refused to pursue hindi chini bhai bhai. Bs.
Russians have screwed india on every military deal.
Where this delusional love of Russia comes from has puzzled me for years?
I don't think India made terribly bad choices.
India remained non-aligned. That was the right decision.
India became an ally of the USSR only when there was an imminent threat of invasion by the US. That was the right decision.
India opened up with the west after the fall of the USSR. That was the right decision.
India is participate in non-Dollar based financial institutions today. That is also the right decision.
Has India made bad decisions? Yes, it has. However, not all decisions have been bad.
Let me try answer
@LETHALFORCE and
@SajeevJino above
Firstly let me state that i liked the post of
@LETHALFORCE because of much of the correct information
which corroborated what i had posted earlier
But really let me answer where the so-called delusional love of russia came from
It came from the solid support which Brezhnev gave india when he was in power - it came from the naval
blockade which helped neutralise the effect of pakclands friend who set A/C into the area ,
it came from usa solid support for packland and it came from Nehru making the worst possible series of decisions
which included some kind of strange hatred for usa and then later begging for arms from them
- seemingly an irrational personality thus making irrational and emotional decisions
but we must distinguish between the love for Brezhnev, which i personally feel is justified
and the love for russia which ofttimes is on an unstable foundation.
Brezhnev gave us unquestioning ,immediate and powerful support and so i feel
the "love" for him is justified , but in today's world, russia perhaps is forced to be equivocating
in its support for us .
I think
@pmaitra has a better balance in his post
I feel that today russia is neither friend nor foe .
They have great technology and if we play it right ~ we can benefit from that .......
easier said than done but we have little choice and must improve in
our negotiating skills plus all else that goes towards making a good deal
for ourselves
.....on the other hand Brezh is no longer around and we have a man there
who is giving arms to prcland and packland as well -so there's no place for love affairs anymore
we have to be very careful in dealing with today's russia .
that is why i voted "cant say "