More rubbish from Augustus, the Indian with the cold war obsession. Yes, lots of people in the third world, while not endorsing communism, felt no need to join military-strategic defense pacts like NATO, CENTO, JENTO, RENTO or PENTO. And they did not appreciate the US-UK foisting dictators on them, in the name of defending democracy from totalitarianism.
Yes, the cold war was a fraud and sham. What better proof, if proof were needed, that China was roped in to counter Russia, in the name of defeating totalitarianism. My, what great humanistic, moralistic principles.

I meant,

Ability to construct English sentences that make sematic sense is apparently not required to be employable in Canada.

>>Not just Indians, a lot of people around the world feel that the "cold war" was a sham and a scam.

first sign of moral and intellectual cowardice is claiming the backing of a generically anonymous "a lot of people."

>>Don't go by this or that pro-US leader in x-third world country.

Ability to construct English sentences that make no semantic sense are apparently not required to be employable in Canada.

>>Even if those leaders were on the US bandwagon( without necessarily believing in freedom, democracy and liberty) the people were not. Case in point- the Philippines under Marcos. Zaire under Mobuto, Chile under Pinochet and many others.

and that means (in English please).....

>>The issue is not the right of the US or any country to defend itself from outside attack; that's beyond question.

What is the issue then?

>>The "cold war" had much more to do with keeping the military industrial complex running, grabbing third world resources and propping up dictators in order to obtain those resources- all in the name of countering totalitarianism.

As someone with a tenuous grasp on history and English sentences, you should stay out of the sun...or else delirium sets in quickly.

>>India was wise and right to stay away from it, while perhaps having to play a balancing act, given its weaker political and economic position back then.

That has nothing to do with Indian left cheering for something they don't understand, namely American Liberals, and then being "disappointed" by their "paradoxical" behaviour.

Not just Indians, a lot of people around the world feel that the "cold war" was a sham and a scam. Don't go by this or that pro-US leader in x-third world country. Even if those leaders were on the US bandwagon( without necessarily believing in freedom, democracy and liberty) the people were not. Case in point- the Philippines under Marcos. Zaire under Mobuto, Chile under Pinochet and many others.
The issue is not the right of the US or any country to defend itself from outside attack; that's beyond question. The "cold war" had much more to do with keeping the military industrial complex running, grabbing third world resources and propping up dictators in order to obtain those resources- all in the name of countering totalitarianism. India was wise and right to stay away from it, while perhaps having to play a balancing act, given its weaker political and economic position back then.

It looks like a few Indians(?) are trying to sulk about the outcome of the cold war. This is essentially the position that "good" countries are those that insist Indians can do no wrong, make no errors and that Indian shit smells like roses. Everything else is ignored, vilified, trivialised or denigrated.

The whole cold war was a fraud and a sham, anyway.....since it was unreal, made up and the nuclear weapons were only cardboard cutouts painted with shiny metallic paint....