Who Are India's True Allies?
Walter Russell Mead asks, 'Will Trump Lose India?' (Global View, June 10). That's a fine question—but how cooperatively has our friend in the Indo-Pacific behaved? I was on the House floor on June 22, 2023, when Prime Minister Modi addressed a joint session of Congress and lauded India as America's strong ally for democracy. Come 2024, however, Mr. Modi was embracing President Putin and Chairman Xi with open arms. India is among the top purchasers of Russian oil, which helps finance Mr. Putin's war against Ukraine. Unless and until that changes, perhaps we should be more concerned with whether Mr. Modi will lose the U.S.
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