'modi's existential challenge to obama' -- ed luce, FT

even though i consider luce an idiot, he correctly observes that obama is letting it slip away. he's looking increasingly like mms (his alleged guru): unable to get anybody to listen to him.

it was quite interesting to see obama sneak into afghanistan and then ask for a meeting with karzai. karzai said no, and then proceeded to fly to delhi for namo's inaugural.

i believe there's an important story somewhere in that incident.

you heard it here first, but i believe this is the first step towards a tripolar world. india has never dared think of itself as one of the poles in a multipolar world (the very idea of non-alignment suggested india was a minor power). but namo might bring about that possibility, especially if economic growth pushes india's GDP up from 10th in the world to about 4th or 5th in the next 5 years. this is not an impossible dream.

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/f05a7396-e1b6-11e3-9999-00144feabdc0.html#axzz32nIuk3GE

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