Sunday, April 05, 2026

They are Americans.

"Pepsi has announced it is withdrawing as main sponsor of the Wireless Festival in London this summer after news that Kanye West is to headline the three-day event. The US rapper, now known as Ye, has drawn widespread criticism for antisemitic comments he made in recent years and for which he issued an apology in January." BBC. "Wireless Festival is an annual rap and hip-hop music festival that takes place in London England," and Kanye West has been listed among the greatest rappers of all time with 160 million records sold. (wikipedia). As an American company, Pepsi's withdrawal is strange because, "For the past two years, college and university campuses across the US have become hotbeds of antisemitism and intense anti-Israel activism." ADL. Perception matters. In March, "Seven foreign nationals including an American are in NIA custody after a Delhi court granted the anti-terror agency 11 days to investigate an alleged conspiracy to train ethnic armed groups in drone warfare. The six others are Ukrainian nationals." NDTV. "Home Minister Amit Shah...said a group of foreigners...arrested recently by NIA from Kolkata, Lucknow and Delhi did not pose any threat to India, but were trying to use the country as a transit point to Myanmar for terror training." TOI. So we are safe, or are we? Would any other country allow 'terrorist trainers' to use it as a "transit point" and what if radicalized Indians accompanied them to Myanmar and returned after training? Yesterday, "Delhi Police Special Cell and Maharashtra ATS arrested two radicalized suspects in Mumbai, alleging links to Jaish-e-Mohammed and Islamic State. They were allegedly planning a toy car bomb attack  in Delhi." India Today. India does not dare arrest an American. Perception matters. On 12 June 2025, Air India Flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed 32 seconds after take off from Ahmedabad Airport, killing 12 crew members and 229 passengers. One passenger survived. "On the ground, 19 people were killed, and 67 others were seriously injured." wikipedia. A cover up is underway. "Multiple Boeing whistleblowers have revealed several manufacturing defects in the 787s," especially VT-ANB, which was the AI171 Aircraft: "structural gaps, force-fit assembly practices, and water leakage from toilets into electric bays. Then there's the history of 787 incidents: battery fires, control failures, fuel leaks and even fuel switch issues," wrote S Raghotham. India may end up blaming the pilots under American pressure, just as Union Carbide was allowed to walk away with a token payout of $470 million for the deaths of 8,000 and injuries to 558,175 people (wikipedia). Americans can kill thousands of Indians with impunity. Perception matters. On 2 December 2025, the Union Home Ministry revealed in the Lok Sabha that only 335 persons, out of 10,440 arrests under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, had been convicted. The Wire. So, Judges in the Nirav Modi trial in London said "proscribed treatment (torture) to obtain confessions" was "commonplace and endemic". TOI. Where there is no proof, torture is necessary for confessions. Indians a 'Jm Crow' nation? Yes Massa. Perception matters. 

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