It's not religion, the religious ones are in Israel.
They do all these things because they see themselves as "enlightened" Gods who will remake the world as they see fit, free of race, language relation to tribe, traditional nations, gender roles, complete family( i.e mother, father kids ) religion, gender etc.
This is social engineering born from a rootless and godless tribe, present in every western country but not actually belonging to those countries.
You can see this throughout the decades happening in the west, most apparently since the 60's, I can go in details if you want.
That would be derailing the thread without credible analysis as much of this stuff is not available online and if it is, stands discredited due to the deep state's reach. Let's stick to how we can get away from the US as fast as possible in this thread.
We are a rising power and a potential country that will be entering the Thucydides' Trap in the coming 1-2 decades. Hence there is such a push by the deep state to discredit the current NDA government that is so independent in her stand. Remember that it is open secret how the CIA pressured the UPA into putting Montek Singh as the Finance Minister back in 2009-10.
What we need to see is how to decouple India from the United States in the next few years. This means a complete Asia pivot. Whether it is with Korea and Japan and reduced engagement with the US (not that it is much of a difference, but a start), while also looking at seeing how we can build our own Operating System locally.
Computer technology is the biggest weakness that we have. We rely on software outsourcing which is a good service, but we can do all that at home. It might take a couple of decades, but we need to decouple from the US, as Washington will only get worse in the coming years. If we can create an alternative ecosystem and implement a gradual shift through tacit and regulatory means to that in our government system, expand our cyber warfare capabilities and focus on our existing strengths, I feel that we can lay the foundations of an independent ecosystem which can later be developed to share with reliable allies once India becomes a big power.
PM Modi ji is a good man but he trusts too much on the goodness of individuals and people and is too careful now to cultivate his image. The Deep State does not care how noble he is and therefore India needs a hard-nosed man who is willing to become the Lee Kwan Yew for the next 20-30 years, moving away from the West and successfully establishing its own ring of commercial and economic influence with US allies. However, without a semi-authoritarian system with India's interests in defense and foreign policy at core, I don't see how we are going to achieve that. India cannot keep functioning like a loose network fo districts and regions like it did in 1947. We need to be more centralized and focused with actionable objectives and soft and hard deadlines, bearing consequences for all those who fail/deliver.
For example, It would be ideal for India to start strengthening ties with smaller countries that have technological expertise: Sweden, South Korea, Japan, Israel, France, Ukraine. Each of them have reasonably strong defence industries and would be more approachable than say, Russia or the US in future IP sharing and indigenizing defence sector.
This is precisely what Turkey is doing; instead of begging the US or UK or Germany all of whom have been targeting weakening of that country, it is approaching these countries for closer cooperation. Then Turkish companies are forming joint ventures, creating new weapons systems and gradually shifting its industrial base to domestic production. While Turkey is not our ambition, it is certainly the starting point to where we should be.
We need to offer something to the middle-level powers that they cannot refuse. Without making that hard decision to pivot from the usual Big Power circle, we won't be able to achieve our goals. This could mean resorting to perhaps
unconstitutional methods to deal with elements that lobby for big power elements within our defense ecosystem.
One country that India can really take help from in weaning herself away from the US is France. France has stood with us and time is evidence of their genuine support throughout the 90s and during our nuclear tests in 1998. It is a major world power, has a strong Defence-industrial complex, has an advanced industrial base and is more than wiling to contribute in exchange for commercial and political gains. The country's products are surely very expensive, but almost always guarantees strategic autonomy and is open to future collaborations with India.
Then comes
Sweden with whom we can develop the next generation armored technology.
South Korea's specialization is the seas and we have plenty of naval expansion options with them, while
Israel has always been our go-to for missile defence cooperation.
Ukraine is the new player on the block with regards to strategic cooperation. We can actually do a lot with them.
For example, instead of buying the AN-70 heavy transport cargo, why not we offer to buy the entire production rights and IP rights for a larger sum? Transferring this and its implementation in India would have significant costs but becoming the mainstay of our heavy transport fleet, it could be completely offset by future domestic and friendly purchase orders.
We need to start somewhere if we have to get out of this rut of running from one camp to another and behave like a real world power.
Nobility, democracy, moral high ground all this means squat in realpolitik.
There is a Mexican standoff going on in Asia between USA, China and India. Why us separately? Because INDO-Pacific. That's why.
The last thing we need is US Navy walking all over us in our own backyard without any agreements, commitments or restrictions. That would be no different than PLAN ships patrolling around the Bay of Bengal or Indo-Lankan waters.
The recent FONOPS exercise carried out by the US is a clear indicator that it will try to intimidate India into becoming another puppet like Germany, Japan or South Korea.
Several ASEAN countries have a very good opinion about India but resent our lack of interest in taking bold steps to counter major powers out of our historical areas of influence. India can do a lot by creating its own industrial complex.
Decoupling from the US, moving away from China and establishing our own narrative is no longer an option; it is a necessity.