The 46th anniversary today.

Janmajeya Sinha meanders over history, from the barbaric British crushing of India, to Independence, to India joining the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), to the US siding with Pakistan during Bangladesh's war of independence and US sanctions on India for nuclear tests. Now, "The US sees India as a counter-balance to China and Pakistan," and India needs US technology. "Unfortunately, India's dependence on arms purchase from Russia has complicated its current options", abstaining from voting against Russia at the UN, and, "This is not in its interest. Going forward, as Russia becomes a subaltern power to China, dependence on Russian arms will be very risky." "India must shift arms purchases from Russia to the West." This is terrifying in its stupidity. "The European Union, US, UK and allies have agreed to exclude a number of Russian banks from Swift, an international payment system used by thousands of financial institutions," BBC. "France has frozen 22 billion euros ($24 billion) worth of assets belonging to the Russian Central Bank, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said," BS. "European Union countries froze 35 billion euros ($35 billion) of assets in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine," Bloomberg. "Auctioning off one of those mega-yachts owned by Russian oligarchs may become easier if the Biden administration has its wish," USA Today. This is good old-fashioned "loot, pillage and plunder". "All three carry the connotations of goods taken in times of conflict, be it war, civil unrest or piracy," cjr.org. White countries hunting together like a pack of hyenas. In his study of history, Sinha has missed how the US has a habit of running away in panic from its allies. "On April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese troops accepted the surrender of Saigon and thus snuffed out the Republic of Vietnam, humiliating Washington in the process," Air Force Magazine. Today is the 46th anniversary of the debacle. "For Americans, that day will forever be remembered for the spectacle of overcrowded US helicopters fleeing in a badly-timed but well-executed evacuation, their flight to safety contrasting with the terror that gripped thousands of loyal South Vietnamese left to their fates." Despite muscular defense by a supportive media, BBC, the US flight from Afghanistan can only be described as shambolic. "Approximately $7 billion of military equipment the US transferred to the Afghan government over the course of 16 years was left behind in Afghanistan after the US completed its withdrawal from the country in August," CNN. "There has been a rise in incidents of military equipment from Afghanistan being seized in Kashmir, Army Chief General MM Naravane has said." The US controls Swift and dollars. If we allowed it to control our defense equipment as well, we would become slaves of the US. Anyway, who wants stuff that the Taliban has?