IndianExpress.com :: Break in the logjam?

IndianExpress.com :: Break in the logjam?

For the NDA, and the BJP in particular, who maintain that national security is at the core of their approach to international relations, the views of two National Security Advisers should surely count for something. Even those in the US who oppose the deal recognise what Mishra said, that the Indian negotiators were able to extract concessions from the US side that would have been unthinkable even a few years ago. It is these concessions that arouse their ire. Surely it is time to set aside any petulance that might exist, and adopt an approach which would be in the national security interests of the country. As one of the Democratic senators who had serious reservations about the deal himself said “I do not like the agreement but will support it in the interests of better Indo-US relations.” That’s statesmanship. It should not be beyond the abilities of our politicians too to find a political solution out of the present logjam.