Rumsfeld sidesteps India's concern about F-16s for Pakistan

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1504&ncid=1504&e=4&u=/afp/20041209/ts_afp/indiausrumsfeld_041209071246

NEW DELHI (AFP) - US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has arrived for talks with Indian leaders but sidestepped controversy after New Delhi urged Washington not to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan.

Rumsfeld, looking to push sales of US military equipment, took no questions from journalists after a meeting with India's Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

The defence secretary gave a brief statement describing the Indo-US defence relationship as a "strong one and something that we intend to see further knitted together as we go along the months and years ahead."

He skirted any specifics, only saying the discussions at the defence ministry in New Delhi as "excellent".

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[LynnTheDem]

1. IRAN-CONTRA.

All over again.

Pakistan is the #1 threat to the USA, and the citizens of India don't like us very much as it is. So we arm them...AND we arm their #1 enemy.

Same ol shit. And when the future 911s happen, the American Majority will walk around stunned & dazed and wonder why they hate us.

[Moderator]

2. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1056568