A Seat At the Big Table

[dv8nation.livejournal.com]

So President Obama has come out in favor of giving India a seat on the UN Security Council. I for one really support this.

India certainly fits what one would expect from a Council member and as the world's largest democracy I think they provide a nice counter-balance to China. Also, we're talking about the only other nation that can claim 1/6th of the human race. Yes, Pakistan isn't too happy about the idea but nukes or not they don't have enough weight politically to shoot this down. So culturally, politically and economically adding India to the Council seems like a great decision to me.

Thoughts?

Comments

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

It's also a sign that the United States is at least in some areas of the world bypassing Cold War alliances to deal with a post-Cold War world. It's frankly one of the better decisions of the Obama Administration as far as foreign policy is concerned.

[il-mio-gufo.livejournal.com]

hopefully this simple courtesy will go a long way.