Nutty: they would say that, wouldn't they?
Originally Posted by
rattman
India is upset that the US is authorising the sale 450 million USD worth of parts and support for F-16's to pakistan in return for pakistan supplying ammunition to ukraine from both their own stores and 3rd part from iran
India really needs to decide whose side they want to be on when the shooting is all over.
Crab, I don't think that they do. India is "on its own side" and has been since the time of Nehru (see India's long standing position in the "non-aligned bloc").
Their long running dispute with Pakistan is not related to the Ukraine - Russia war.
While they they have accumulated a lot of Russian kit (including Mig 29s and Su-30s) over the years, that hardly aligns them with the Russians. (They have also got Rafales, for example).
Sure, they bought some gas cheaply recently, and why wouldn't they? It's not their fault that the Russians and Ukrainians are having a war.
It would not matter why the Americans made a deal any kind with Pakistan for F-16 parts and support - India would still show disapproval.