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Guest Commentary June 10, 2002
Is India an Ally or a Terrorist State?
The Honorable Dan Burton
Recently, the news website NewsMax.com ran a vary comprehensive article called "India: Allies or Instigators?" It details India's pattern of abuse against the Christians, Sikhs, Muslims, and other minorities, its anti-Americanism, and its support of terrorism against its neighbors.
The article shows that the Indian government has killed tens of thousands of Sikhs, Christians, Muslims, and other minorities; that it holds tens of thousands of political prisoners; and it is funding terrorism in Pakistan and created and supported the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), an organization the U.S. government has called a "terrorist" organization. It shows India's domestic terrorism against Sikhs, Christians, Muslims, and all the other minority groups.
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Reading this article should cause any fair-minded reader to ask whether or not India is a terrorist state seeking hegemony in South Asia and questions whether India is a country we should trust as an ally.
The United States should work for freedom for all the people of the subcontinent. I was proud to be one of 42 Members of Congress from both parties who signed a letter urging President Bush to press for the release of Sikh and other political prisoners in India. The Administration should do that. But it should do more.
After reading this article, it is clearly time for the U.S. government to cut off its aid to India and to come out in support of self-determination for all the peoples and nations of South Asia.
This is the best way to spread liberty, democracy, prosperity, and true stability to the subcontinent.
Dan Burton, a Republican, represents the 6th Congressional District of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives. The above commentary has been adapted from a speech Rep. Burton delivered on the floor of the House, June 6, 2002. To contact him, Click Here.
The above column has been distributed by PoliticsOL.com.
