We're a bunch of idiots.
We should just negotiate our way around into India, thereby limiting the expansion of China any further. Hopefully, India can be made more democratic, but for now, I suggest we find ways to spread this grown to make Vietnam and Cambodia and Thailand more intwined with the American economy.
How is India not democratic?
It's also shockingly patronizing to assume a country of a quarter of India's population, a tenth of its recorded history, and 12 time zones away, can somehow fundamentally influence its directions.
