India to be hit with US Military sanctions as per US law: Officials

[Species]

LEMOA is a customized agreement specially made for India which provides reciprocal access to both Indian and US equipment to each other's bases throughout the world in peacetime.How does that qualify as a "blow job"?Are you an expert in giving "blow jobs"?

So India is going to use the US bases to keep an eye on arch rival Canada or the rising threat Mexico?

 

[GumNaam]

So India is going to use the US bases to keep an eye on arch rival Canada or the rising threat Mexico?

 

[PurpleStone]

So India is going to use the US bases to keep an eye on arch rival Canada or the rising threat Mexico?

But India can use Guam to fight with China on behalf of the US.

 

[Species]

But India can use Guam to fight with China on behalf of the US.

Do you really think Guam or any other US base is financially/militarily a better option for India than its own territorial bases to fight against China?

 

[Mirza Jatt]

Do you people even realise why India never completely sided with USA while all the favours like Nuclear deal etc. Thanks to Pakistan..India has learnt a lot, so don't worr,y while India deals with US it will continue doing business with Russia. More importantly, if there are any sanction..its US who will be the loser, not India. Someone was talking about LEMOA..lol.. the whole point of LEMOA is to help US. If US ever intends to use bases in future, or continue to get business from India or have a big market for its MNCs then... it cant apply sanction on India. Yes the rules exists and they might be required to be honoured.. but there are always ways to bend the rules.. example - India - US nuclear deal

 

[xyxmt]

Do you people even realise why India never completely sided with USA while all the favours like Nuclear deal etc. Thanks to Pakistan..India has learnt a lot, so don't worr,y while India deals with US it will continue doing business with Russia. More importantly, if there are any sanction..its US who will be the loser, not India. Someone was talking about LEMOA..lol.. the whole point of LEMOA is to help US. If US ever intends to use bases in future, or continue to get business from India or have a big market for its MNCs then... it cant apply sanction on India. Yes the rules exists and they might be required to be honoured.. but there are always ways to bend the rules.. example - India - US nuclear deal

So what you are saying is that US will impose sanction on countries buying Russian defense equipment but is going to wave those sanctions for India where 90% of Russian exports go...Awsome grapes

 

[Qasim Amin]

India to be hit with US Military sanctions as per US law: Officials
20 May, 2018

WASHINGTON: The malign shadow of US sanctions hangs over the informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Monday, with New Delhi becoming a cat’s paw not only in the scrap between Washington and Moscow, but also in the turf war between the White House and Congress.

Although India has asserted that it will not allow any third country to dictate its ties with Russia, the so-called Caatsa (Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act) legislation has become Washington’s poison-tipped arrow threatening New Delhi’s long-cherished and long-nourished defence ties with Moscow which Washington is trying to whittle down.

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While assuring New Delhi that it will do its best to avert the Congress-mandated sanctions against countries that have cozy ties with Russia, the Trump administration, pleading that its hands are tied by tough waiver conditions, is also using it to wean countries such as India away from the Russian arms industry to sell more American weapons.

In India’s case, the immediate efforts are aimed at nixing New Delhi’s plans to buy five S-400 Triumf air defence systems for around $4.5 billion from Russia, a prospective deal that is expected to be part of the India-Russia defence cooperation talks that will also take into account the Caatsa wrinkle and how to get around it.

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On the weekend before his departure to Sochi, Modi tweeted that he is confident that India Russia ties <link>will further strengthen the Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership between India and Russia," indicating his determination to get around the roadblock set up by Washington, with which too New Delhi has an increasingly close defence ties. The US wants an even closer relationship.

While some US officials have expressed understanding of New Delhi’s dilemma, considering that some of India’s legacy weapons system are of Soviet and Russian origin and it needs to maintain defence ties with Moscow to keep them operational, others have cautioned that Caatsa is Congressionally-mandated and the administration’s hands may be tied in terms of waivers if India goes in for new purchases.

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"CAATSA is a feature and we need to take it seriously. The (Trump) administration is always bound by US law. This is a US law. I'm hoping that not just India , but all of the partners that we engage with will understand that we will have to evaluate any potential large defence purchase from Russia seriously because that's what the law demands of us," Tina Kaidanow, principal deputy assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, told reporters during a conference call on Saturday.

Now they know what it will feel like to be sanctioned.

 

[Jugger]

india has no choice but remain as america's b!tch and dance for washington on demand.

This is what our beloved neighbor did for many decades, I don’t think we will repeat the same mistake.

 

[GumNaam]

This is what our beloved neighbor did for many decades, I don’t think we will repeat the same mistake.

we never said bye bye to our true friends at america's behest unlike india. you've already made that mistake.

 

[RPK]

So what you are saying is that US will impose sanction on countries buying Russian defense equipment but is going to wave those sanctions for India where 90% of Russian exports go...Awsome grapes

1. U.S. arms sales. Mattis wants Congress to add national security waivers to the law that bars U.S. arms sales to any nation that buys Russian arms: the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act.

The law is hindering new alliances, inadvertently helping Russia, as it’s “boxing us in,” according to Mattis.

“There are nations in the world who are trying to turn away from formerly Russian-sourced weapons and systems,” Mattis said. “We only need to look at India, Vietnam and some others to recognize that. Eventually, we’re going to paralyze ourselves.”

https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2018/04/26/top-three-takeaways-from-mattis-on-capitol-hill/

 

[xyxmt]

1. U.S. arms sales. Mattis wants Congress to add national security waivers to the law that bars U.S. arms sales to any nation that buys Russian arms: the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act.

The law is hindering new alliances, inadvertently helping Russia, as it’s “boxing us in,” according to Mattis.

“There are nations in the world who are trying to turn away from formerly Russian-sourced weapons and systems,” Mattis said. “We only need to look at India, Vietnam and some others to recognize that. Eventually, we’re going to paralyze ourselves.”

https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2018/04/26/top-three-takeaways-from-mattis-on-capitol-hill/

so they admit they cannot sanction Russia anymore, whooowa

 

[Mirza Jatt]

So what you are saying is that US will impose sanction on countries buying Russian defense equipment but is going to wave those sanctions for India where 90% of Russian exports go...Awsome grapes

You haven't been through my post properly. read my last lines in that post... let me quote that for you.

"Yes the rules exists and they might be required to be honoured.. but there are always ways to bend the rules.. example - India - US nuclear deal"

To further support my argument you may go back to the comments by few american officials themselves in the house who are not open to sanctioning India mainly due to the reasons I have mentioned earlier. Hope now you understand.

 

[PurpleStone]

Do you really think Guam or any other US base is financially/militarily a better option for India than its own territorial bases to fight against China?

If India is fighting it's war with China, it does not need any bases but when is fighting the war for the US then Guam base would be useful. The US commanders can order Indian soldiers on when and where to go and fight.

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Jab America k itnay uthao gai
Kisi waqt to unkay neeche aao gai

 

[Rajesh Singh]

Jab America k itnay uthao gai
Kisi waqt to unkay neeche aao gai

?????? Kahna kya chahte ho? Waise India or Pakistan me fark hai, we don't depends on us money.

India and Russia is having Special strategic partnerships and friendship. It's higher than US relationship value.