I agree. Generations of US policy makers aided by socialist Indian politicians of the past have made US a controversial partner in India. Times have changed a lot but people react to "media noise" way too much.
In a free country like US, think tanks or organizations put out reports offending many allied foreign countries leaving the White House and State department to clean up the mess. One advise is to never listen to anyone but people that matter. Second advise is to always get weapons from the best manufacturers and work the foreign policy to ensure the supply. Not the other way around.
When foreign policy dictates weapon purchase, you end up with either substandard or overpriced items: most Russian and many French products purchased by india fall in either of these two categories. I see excellent future for India US relations.
Puppeted Monarchy is problem not Socialism which is balance b/w extremities of Capitalism & Communism.
India is like country of countries, similar to current EU, but not as prosperous as EU, hence complete capitalism is hazardous & can lead to amplification of corruption & even national disintegration. There is a huge difference b/w 52 states of USA & 28 states + 8 UTs of India. We don't wan't situation like Korea, Vietnam, Germany, Ukraine, Yugoslavia, etc. Hence we focus on a dynamic system of what is needed where. Free market economy is allowed, there are private business tycoons also like Birala, Tata, Ambani, etc but there is problem also. Extremely powerful business owers can puppet, destabilize & overthrow governments. Defence R&D should be limited to private sector till sub-systems level. It works in West with firms like Lockheed, Northrop, Boeing, etc bcoz population is culturally homogenous & there is an entire ecosystem of culturally common western countrie, but in India currently there is lots of anti-cultural & anti-national influences. Poverty & lack of opportunity of education, health, housing, food, medical facilities, etc are caused by extreme or comprehensive capitalism. Then these are possible security cconcerns also. There have been many western movies where weapons are covertly sold abroad bcoz govt. rejected it, or private contractors staged a coup & presidential assasination. Eraser, Shooter, A-team, Falcon Down, Angel has fallen, xXx-state of the union, etc.
I also see good future of Indo-US relations but USA & entire West must realize few things & adjust their foreign policies also -
1USD=70+ INR, 1GBP=100 INR, this gap has to be reduced. For example, CCNA exam costs 300 USD which is not much to an American but an Indian has to pay 300x70=21,000 INR which hurts the students & professionals a lot. So the American IT companies need to relax certification exam costs.
West should not interfere in those regional matters through UN or self which are internal, national, historical, cultural. West should be committed against terrorism & stop all aid to terror countries & should not drag other countries in thier matters or even matters which are not theirs like current Ukraine crisis & should not force others to take sides which will divide the world & plunge into global cold war or even World War.
