Exposures from Wikileaks seem to show that the Congress paid some opposition MPs in the last parliament Rs 100 million each to win a trust vote. Is it possible and will Indians believe such a charge? Absolutely. Politicians are capable of any crime and, since they control the police, will escape as usual. Defending the government our most revered Finance Minister said, " I cannot confirm or deny the contents of the cables. The government elected is accountable to the 15th Lok Sabha and not to the 14th Lok Sabha." How weasel is that ? This is the old argument that winning an election condones any crime because the people must have taken it into account while voting. Firstly, we did not know and secondly, what choice do we have. As an old Bengali saying goes, " Feces stinks the same from any side." However, the Americans knew and this may explain a cable saying that the new cabinet is pro US. If foreign governments know of the crimes committed by politicians they can, naturally, dictate our foreign policy. After Kargil, attacks on the parliament and the Mumbai attacks our government goes on " bended knees " to offer " unconditional " peace talks to Pakistan. Doing so allows the Pakis to reduce troop deployment on its borders with India and shift them to the Afghanistan border. Here they can engage the Taliban and help reduce attacks on US soldiers. Meanwhile the US is supplying the Pakis with F 16s, night vision goggles, smart bomb equipment and other military hardware to kill Indians. US lives are more valuable than Indian lives, right? When the government is the enemy of the people there will be a Union Carbide every day.