So I just wasted close to three hours and watched this whole video of congressional hearing.
Key take aways on article 370 repeal discussion.
1) The interest in the issue seems rather low. There were like 15 people speaking throughout the entire video. The issue seems dead and buried since only 10 of the 30+ who condemned India on twitter actually showed up. If it was ever put to congressional vote (and it will never be) 300+ other congresspeople will shoot it down considering the wider strategic angle without giving two hoots for porki propaganda.
2) Only two of the speakers seemed to be genuinely anti-India - omar (for jihad) and jayapal (who seems to hate bjp only). Nothing can be done about barking dogs so we should let them bark.
3) Most others who showed concern (about 10 of them) were fed falsehoods and were very shallow with their claims as well. They were fishing essentially. These are not anti-India folk but seem to be just going by the talking points they have been fed by porkis constituents pretending to be kashmiris or their porki staff members.
Its not a problem for India as stated above. I still hope that GoI approaches these people to dispel the propaganda.
4) The Americans are so full of hot air - they think that their human rights standards are much higher than what can be expected in south Asia. :biggrin2: (in his defence I think he was trying to defend India... rather awkwardly)
5) One congresswoman Sheila Jackson-lee (head of porki caucus) got triggered by many members mentioning porki terror factories. Instead of attacking India as she was sent out to do, she started defending porkis.
6) Alice Wells did a decent job putting across Indian PoV as a neutral outsider. It was obvious in several exchanges that she just wanted to tell some people to fuck off.
7) Liberandu and congi NRIs are trying to create panic to show this as a failure of GoI. Chutiye hain bilkul. They don't realise that showing middle finger to outsiders is a vote winner in India.
Second thing discussed was the NRC. Its a strong propaganda area for the brotherhood countries and their cartel of jihadi media.
In my view rather than fighting one propaganda battle after the other... Doval ji should simply find a way to deal with the problem at its source in doha.
This media jihad against India seems to have started since the time Modi deepened the relationship with UAE and Saudi who are at odds with qatar.