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Originally Posted by Vader  Hopefully India is wise enough to tell Iran to sit on thumbs and rotate! |
When Hugo Chavez made low cost or free heating available to New Englanders last winter, even though we did not like it, our low income fellow Americans were in no position to refuse the gesture.
India needs energy and Iran is trying to make war against them as unpopular a notion as they can. If the Indians make a deal for Iranian oil the Indians will be less inclined to do anything to jeopardize their oil supply from Iran.
So, one day the POTUS might get reliable intel that Iran has finally developed a nuclear warhead and they are ABLE to mount it on a missile capable of reaching Tel Aviv and the USA is assembling a coalition to strike Iran. The POTUS asks the Indians, "Can we count on your support?"
The Indians' first question will be, "what will happen to our oil and gas pipeline?"
And let's not forget that of India's total population of 1,147,995,898 (July 2008 est.) 13.4% are Muslim.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat...in.html#People
We know that Ahmadinejad has experience in co-opting foreign groups of Muslims to act as agents of Iran's Revolution. Establishing a 'legitimate' presence in India could also serve to get Iranian agents inside the country to help start unrest there.
The pattern would be the same as that which has proved successful in Lebanon and is working in Iraq.
And to stop this infiltration and subversive activity from happening the Indians would have to be aware of the possibilities and want to resist it and be willing to choose some unpleasant options.
We don't know if they are aware of the pattern of Iran's infiltration. We don't know whether the Indian government officials see it as any real threat to their government. We don't know whether the people in charge of the Government's decisions on oil and gas and such things aren't themselves Islamic or Islamist. We don't know if the Indians have other options (as economically viable) for getting the supplies of energy they'd get from this Iranian deal.
This is just another tentacle being extended. And based on the response to this thread so far I think most of the world probably sees this as an inconsequential matter.
It probably is a strategic move with at least three objectives.
1. Income for the Iranian economy which is suffering.
2. A hedge against India possibly joining a Western War Coalition effort against them someday.
3. An opportunity to begin organizing Indian Muslims to act as Warriors should the time come and to begin the subversion of the Indian government.