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Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers
I really hate to say this by Indira Ghandi's words meant crap all in the scheme of things. Hell, we sided with Pol Pot for crying out loud ... all because we cannot stand Moscow.
The very fact that you guys were fighting for the right cause meant very little to the West. The fact that you were on Moscow's side meant a lot more.
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That with all your good intensions, you wanted to stop us from dismembering West Pakistan meant little to us, that you sent the Enterprise sailing into the Bay meant a lot more. Col Sir, It was post 1971 and the US tilt towards Pakistan that prompted us to get cosier with the Soviets. Prior to that we were really quite Non Aligned.