Saturday, February 27, 2010
White House aide forced to quit for arranging dinner between Manmohan Singh and Obama
In a demonstration of accountability, White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers, under fire for President Barack Obama's state dinner with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, announced she is stepping down to return to the corporate world.
IMO: I suppose the poor President had to meet a regular Indian some day (I mean, I had to meet about 100 Indians just this week), so it seems a pity the aide had to quit. Still, Obama must, as US President, consider his own life and limb, and I expect, after the JFK matter, all had to be borne in mind. But I do think it unlikely that Singh actually wanted to kill Obama, even though he may have been well tempted to do so after some of Obama's comments and behaviour. Looking at the other side of the matter, "babu-dom" has certainly got much worse in India. I find that what tourists to India seem to get fed up with is SIM card problems, as it seems that Indians, criminals and terrorists (who Americans especially tend to lump together) can easily get Indian SIM cards but it has in practice become almost impossible for tourists to do so.
IMO: I suppose the poor President had to meet a regular Indian some day (I mean, I had to meet about 100 Indians just this week), so it seems a pity the aide had to quit. Still, Obama must, as US President, consider his own life and limb, and I expect, after the JFK matter, all had to be borne in mind. But I do think it unlikely that Singh actually wanted to kill Obama, even though he may have been well tempted to do so after some of Obama's comments and behaviour. Looking at the other side of the matter, "babu-dom" has certainly got much worse in India. I find that what tourists to India seem to get fed up with is SIM card problems, as it seems that Indians, criminals and terrorists (who Americans especially tend to lump together) can easily get Indian SIM cards but it has in practice become almost impossible for tourists to do so.
# posted by uv : 3:10 AM
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