IA serving and retired officers and ORs have been caught in anti-state activities. Difference is that the way of doing anti-state activities is different, so your notion that IA is not involved in anti-state activities is wrong. Plus, India has not yet seen the American presence the way we have and the activities being done by these Americans, i bet if you guys God forbid saw the days we are seeing, your retired IA guys would get involved too. In the end they are human beings and MONEY is a very strong motivator making the strongest of the patriots change into an anti-state element.
Taimi my friend, I very much agree with you that because India and Pakistan both are very poor countries, they are very prone to corruption.
However, when you use the presence of a rich nation like the US, that is notorious for its divisive policies, as the primary corrupting agency, I disagree with you.
We are not kids, we all know that in this world, no country is a 'friend' of the other. All the countries collude with each other to achieve their common goals. There has not been the presence of the US in India, as it has been in Pakistan, so I cannot comment on that. But I will tell you, India, in its infancy was almost entirely dependent on the USSR, and the KGB tried its best to play its card, but the leaders in India had foresight, and despite their (KGB's) machinations and strong insistence, India did not speak a word in their favor during the Afghanistan invasion.
Do you think the Republicans might not have tried to bribe the BJP (opposition party) to vote in favor of the $500 billion nuclear deal? The BJP did not change its stand at all. Although they did wonder why the communist parties, recently having come back from China after their clandestine meeting, were so against the deal.
These are very few examples. I seriously doubt it would be same as Pakistan, if the US were interfering in the matters in India.