As advised by Theodore Roosevelt.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 16 June addressed the deaths of Indian seafarers in a US military strike during an address to G7 leaders, which included US President Donald Trump." "While the Prime Minister did not directly mention the recent deaths of three Indian nationals, his comments appeared to underline New Delhi's concerns about the safety of civilian crews operating in conflict zones and the economic consequences of disruptions to maritime commerce." NDTV. India did condemn the attack without naming the US but, "In a big development, New Delhi has issued a demarche to the United States' top diplomat in Delhi after the attack." NDTV. Not only did the US fail to apologize for the murder of the three Indians but Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that he stressed to India's External Affairs Minister Jaishankar that "all commercial vessels should immediately comply with orders from US forces, which seek to uphold peace and security in the Strait. He underscored that violations of the US blockade and the illicit transport of Iranian oil will not be tolerated." NDTV. In short, we will kill again if we want to. Rubio's rude response can be understood if we remember that he represents the US, which is a most barbaric and violent nation, where "At least 40,000 people were shot in 2025 - more than 110 people a day across the country." "Still, 2025 marked a milestone, with shooting deaths and injuries plummeting to some of their lowest levels on record." The Trace. With such numbers in his home nation, Rubio probably thinks that deaths of three Indians may be ignored but, in 2013, when India's Deputy Consul General in New York Devyani Khobragade was arrested, handcuffed and then physically and sexually assaulted by US Marshals, India reacted swiftly by withdrawing "airport passes and diplomatic privileges for American consular staff, recalled identity cards issued to US Embassy personnel," and, most visibly, by removing "concrete barricades outside the main entrance of the US Embassy in New Delhi." India Today. Khobragade was promptly released. This time it was a demarche. Not concrete. "On 10 December 1971, the US Navy's 7th Fleet, operating under the name Task Force 74, was deployed to the Bay of Bengal as a show of strength in support of Pakistan." "The White House wanted to prevent a total Pakistani collapse. They hoped the show of strength would pressure India to back down, or at least create space for a negotiated ceasefire that could save face for Pakistan. But India didn't flinch." News18. Indira Gandhi was the prime minister in 1971. "A set of freshly declassified top secret papers on the 1971 war show that "Indira Gandhi went ahead with her plan to liberate Bangladesh despite inputs that the Nixon Administration had kept three battalions of Marines on standby, and that the American aircraft carrier USS Enterprise had orders to target Indian army facilities." TOI. 93,000 Pakistanis surrendered. wikipedia. Three days back, Zahed Ur Rahman, the Bangladesh Prime Minister's adviser on policy and strategy affairs returned home from Delhi airport "after he was stopped at the airport for 'verification'. Rahman told Bangladeshi media that he had been treated 'poorly' at the airport." Apparently, India had been informed 60 hours ahead of his visit and had not objected. The Print. In 2018, Mr Modi and other Indian leaders snubbed the then Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau when he visited India with his family. BBC. In April 2026, a report by the Auditor General of Canada showed that "Indians accounted for 51.6% of the incoming international student population in 2023. That fell to 33.6% in 2024, and by September 2025, the cohort's share has dropped to 8.1%." BS. "For more than a decade now, India has sought to build its 'strategic autonomy'." "The national interest, we were told, required us to be close to everyone, but not too close to anyone," wrote Mihir Sharma. Now our oil and gas are blocked by Iran and our sailors killed by the US. So, "India has friends everywhere, leverage nowhere." A former President of the US advised "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." wikipedia. Indira Gandhi followed that in 1971. As did Manmohan Singh in 2013. Now it is bombast and demarche. Lost the big stick.