Which of the 17 hopefuls won the Republican Party debate last Thursday? The answer would depend on who you ask. Some thought that billionaire Donald Trump was a clear winner because the people are angry with politicians and see Trump as an outsider who gives as good as he gets. Trump certainly thought so. When asked as to why he had contributed to Hillary Clinton's campaign in the past, even though she is a Democrat, his reply was that rich people contributed to all politicians in return for influence in policy making. That is devastating because it implies that politicians are bought by the wealthy. People loved it. Crony capitalism is shamelessly blatant in India, with industrialists being nominated to the Rajya Sabha where they can directly influence policy in their favor. Globally the middle class constitutes 13% of the population while it is a miserable 3% in India, the low income group making up a massive 76.9% of the population. These people have no time for issues but vote for handouts every time as we saw with the overwhelming victory of AAP in Delhi. Trump will probably not win the Republican Party nomination and Hillary Clinton may have to withdraw because she is tainted by the policies of Obama. If Trump is not the Republican Party candidate he may choose to run as independent, which may split the conservative vote and hand victory to the Democrat nominee, much as Ralph Nader split Democrat votes in 2000 to hand victory to George Bush. Does it matter to us who the Republican candidate is? Absolutely. The serial killer Obama has been our enemy. He has supplied sophisticated weapons to Pakistan to be used against India. When Mr Modi became Prime Minister last year he decided to be firm with Pakistan and reply bullet for bullet. Obama invited himself over to our Republic Day celebrations in January. How he threatened Modi we do not know but since his visit Pakistan has multiplied its attacks on us while our government has gone back to the failed old policy of ' constructive dialogue '. He has capitulated to Iran in the nuclear deal, accepting Iran as a nuclear power which will be allowed to construct nuclear weapons after 10 years. Even if the Congress refuses to ratify the deal sanctions will disappear so that Iran will be able to earn billions of dollars with which to support its proxies, Hezbollah and the Houthis, in the middle east. Chances are that Saudi Arabia will get its own weapons from Pakistan. Ironically AQ Khan of Pakistan helped to establish Iran's nuclear program. If there is a nuclear war in the middle east US bosom friend Pakistan will be responsible. Hopefully, the next US President will not be an agent of Pakistan.
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