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The west’s Modi problem | Financial Times (www.ft.com)

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The US and its allies are cultivating India as an economic and diplomatic partner. But its prime minister’s authoritarian streak is becoming harder to ignore

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Behind paywall : https://archive.ph/Jzc7v

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As they said of Saddam Hussein, “He’s a son of a bitch, but he’s our son of a bitch”

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And look how that ended for Saddam.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

At least it went well for Manuel Noriega

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The West doesn't have a Modi problem. They have a problem with authoritarian morons in general, nowadays even more and more in their own ranks.

Or: humans are idiots, so they love to follow people who pretend they have a plan.