Leaders without pants.

" There you go again," was the zinger used by Ronald Reagan to win against Jimmy Carter in the presidential elections of 1980. He could have used the remark against every US president, including himself. The urge to resolve every problem in the world by indiscriminate bombing is irresistible. Now Obama has authorised bombing of suspected Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria. A consummate gasbag, Obama has no military experience. He withdrew all troops from Iraq because the Iraqis would not give blanket immunity to US soldiers for any crimes that they might commit in the future. That would be a blatant violation of sovereignty and no government will allow that, especially since the US uses private mercenaries to murder civilians. Having described the IS as a " jayvee ( junior varsity ) team " during his reelection campaign of 2012 and having repeatedly promised " no boots on the ground " he was caught with his pants down when videos of beheading of US hostages emerged on the net. The only option is to drop huge bombs from high altitude which will invariably kill lots of innocent civilians. The IS can only be defeated by troops liberating captured areas and then consolidating defensive positions so that they cannot be recaptured. In his testimony to the Congress Gen Martin Dempsey, Chairman Joint chiefs of Staff said that US troops may have to fight in Iraq, which was quickly shot down by the White House. Britain and Australia, being Anglo-Saxon slave states of the US, have naturally joined in and yesterday Francois Hollande of France, who was caught riding pillion on his way to drop his pants, joined in the fun when French fighter jets attacked an alleged IS depot. Western news channels parrot the official line that it was an IS depot and dozens of fighters were killed. We have no way of knowing whether it really was an IS depot or how many civilians, including children, were slaughtered. With an abysmal popularity rating of just 13% Hollande desperately needs to divert the attention of the French people. So, how does it matter to us in India? ' Minorities ' have been fighting each other in the middle-east for millenia, so why should we bother? Seems that the US is waiting to ask our Prime Minister for India to become a non-NATO ally when Modi visits the US next month. We should agree only if the US stops supplying Pakistan with money and arms and agrees to defend us against any Chinese attack. The conditions should be written down, passed by both houses of the Congress and must be absolute, with no exceptions. It is time to cut Pakistan at its knees and build a strong coalition against China. At all times we must remember that Americans always speak with forked tongues.