I don't know why you all are so surprised.Some years back,after we chose Dasault Rafale over Eurofighters, Britain stopped aid to India.Even mocked at us calling us a rich country because we have our own space program.They forgot that Chandrayan helped NASA detect water on the moon.
This is how international politics works.FAA warned DGCA first in 2009.What were they doing for 5 years.
Or were they a little busy were they
Inspectors: FAA officials gave Southwest a pass on safety checks - ABC News 