Trump says India will buy oil from Venezuela instead of Iran

[vasanthm]

Unlikely. so far as India is concerned.
The West tried this successfully with China propping it as a counterweight to the Soviet Union . The Chinese responded enthusiastically and put their ideology of exporting revolution aside.
This recipe is unlikely to work with India.

• Unlilke China India has failed to control its population growth
• Unlike China, India has failed to resolve its problems with its neighbors and is in a perpetual state of war with its western neighbor which restricts India's land access to Central Asia and the Middle East besides posing a serious near-existential threat of a nuclear conflict. India's domestic politics which turns its own citizens against themselves is geared to the external conflict with Pakistan.
• Unlike China, India does not have the military might to permanently ( or significantly) resolve a conflict with its prime enemy to its advantage and create a secure environment for investment and development.
• Unlike China India is not a secular nation and religion plays a huge part in social political and even judicial matters. China doesn't face religious disputes which result in periodic communal flare ups . No city or region in China has imposed a curfew to control riots for at least 60 years.
• Unlike China, India is not culturally flexible to create an environment where senior corporate management personnel of foreign corporations ( other than those of Indian origin themselves) can safely live and work in India. Their women and daughters are at risk from abuse.
• Unlike China India is not homogeneous, and has huge linguistic ,cultural, and ethnic differences from region to region. Language, religion, culture and ethnicity play a huge role in the political economic decisions made by regional governments.
• Unlike China, India is socially divided on the basis of caste which compromises human resource, development, and undermines merit and talent recognition and development and wastes enormous political capital in wrangling over jobs and employment.
• Unlike China India has not opened its agricultural and Dairy sector to foreign investment. India has likewise nit opened its retail sector to foreign participation.
• Unlike China India has mass delusion about its ancient wealth, and grandeur going back 5000 yeaes and unlike China, India wants to turn the clock back 5000 years.

Okay, good. Then we’ll continue doing what we think is best for us.
Are we supposed to sob over the assessments Pakistanis or for that matter anyone else make about India? Honestly, I don’t know what you expect here.

That India will roll at your feet and applaud your analysis? No one cares that much. Countries act in their own interest, India included, and the world will continue on its path. We are happy with the direction we are headed. We do not care abt the direction you are headed unless it's going to concern our interests...

 

[vasanthm]

We learned our lesson much better than India though the aftermath still painfully lingers.
The US President Richard Nixon referred to the Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi very graphically as the "female in the canine species" ( the actual word used was different), after India refused to reimburse the USA for transport costs of PL-480 wheat sent free to ward off the looming famine in India in 1966.. The US President's outrage was justified given the magnitude of the swindle.
So far no political figure in Pakistan has been given that description.

The fact that Nixon and his geopolitical hatchet man Kissinger found India uncontrollable even at our weakest says more than any lecture ever could. If that earned us colourful insults, I’ll take it as a medal.

 

[Muji.Iqbal]

Has India started buying oil from Venezuela instead of Iran?

 

[Baibers_1260]

Ram ram Baibers_1260 ji,

In my opinion, such unbecoming remarks, if they were made, would be entirely unjustified, especially since Mr Nixon, who later got his just desserts, was not even part of the US administration in 1966 and until a few years later.

You didn't read my message. Did I write that the words President Nixon said , were said in 1966?
The PL-480 wheat deal was done around 1966 and the transport funds that India had promised to pay, and reneged on happened three years later around 1969-70 . That was the lowest point in Indo-US relations until 2025 which would rank second lowest though it could still slide further. Actually the lowest point came in December 1971 when the USA was ready to clobber India, and the female canine term was used again, Luckily a unilateral acceptance of a ceasefire by India ( after a UN resolution) kept those Phantom F-4s and A-4 Skyhawks (fueled and armed) on the deck of the USS Enterprise. from clobbering Vishakapatnam, Diamond Harbor and other targets, now de-classified.

 

[RamBharose]

You didn't read my message. Did I write that the words President Nixon said , were said in 1966?
The PL-480 wheat deal was done around 1966 and the transport funds that India had promised to pay, and reneged on happened three years later around 1969-70 . That was the lowest point in Indo-US relations until 2025 which would rank second lowest though it could still slide further. Actually the lowest point came in December 1971 when the USA was ready to clobber India, and the female canine term was used again, Luckily a unilateral acceptance of a ceasefire by India ( after a UN resolution) kept those Phantom F-4s and A-4 Skyhawks (fueled and armed) on the deck of the USS Enterprise. from clobbering Vishakapatnam, Diamond Harbor and other targets, now de-classified.

Ram ram ji,

You seem to be unaware that the appearance of the Soviet Navy pursuant to the defense pact and popular opinion in the United States being against the genocide in Bangladesh at a time when the US was deeply embroiled in Vietnam and facing a financial crisis as a result of the run of the dollar that forced President Sahab to move off the gold standard were more important factors that prevented the US from getting involved despite their ally Pakistan being forced to surrender their army and lose more than half their population.

 

[Baibers_1260]

Okay, good. Then we’ll continue doing what we think is best for us.
Are we supposed to sob over the assessments Pakistanis or for that matter anyone else make about India? Honestly, I don’t know what you expect here.

Nope don't sob over our. assessments. Laugh and ignore them. The more ignorance on the other side the better. Never correct the enemy when it is making a mistake.

That India will roll at your feet and applaud your analysis? No one cares that much.

Nope. Sneer and jeer at our analysis. The happiest will be the Chinese who are watching your UGC Equity Regulations Bill 2026 implementation with rapt interest.

Countries act in their own interest, India included, and the world will continue on its path. We are happy with the direction we are headed. We do not care abt the direction you are headed unless it's going to concern our interests...

Oh India is headed down the correct path, No doubt . The upcoming Caste Census will be a game changer to a vibrant educated united patriotic population.

 

[nahtanbob]

Unlike China, India has failed to resolve its problems with its neighbors and is in a perpetual state of war with its western neighbor which restricts India's land access to Central Asia and the Middle East besides posing a serious near-existential threat of a nuclear conflict. India's domestic politics which turns its own citizens against themselves is geared to the external conflict with Pakistan.

There is nothing in Central Asia of value that will force India to settle disputes with Pakistan. India has naval access to the Middle East. Why bother dealing with Pakistan?

• Unlike China, India does not have the military might to permanently ( or significantly) resolve a conflict with its prime enemy to its advantage and create a secure environment for investment and development.

Has China got Taiwan back?

• Unlike China India has not opened its agricultural and Dairy sector to foreign investment. India has likewise nit opened its retail sector to foreign participation.

When has China opened its agricultural sector?

 

[nahtanbob]

Yes, it IS very much in the open so it is "India First " and "America First "" However Americans are not queuing up for jobs in India or howling about "racism " on revised H1-B visa regulations. For the record, the enhanced scrutiny on H1-B visas is applicable to all countries but the protests are coming only from India. The German techie on assignment at the Bosch Hydraulics equipment facility in the USA is not bothered and doesn't howl "racism " like the Indian keyboard coolie in Silicon Valley l

You really think India is making money on h1bs

 

[nahtanbob]

Has India started buying oil from Venezuela instead of Iran?

Every country produces crude oil of different grades. Oil refineries are built to handle specific grades. You cannot switch oil producers on a dime.

I believe Venezuela and Canada supply the same grade of petroleum.

 

[Baibers_1260]

Ram ram ji,

You seem to be unaware that the appearance of the Soviet Navy pursuant to the defense pact and popular opinion in the United States being against the genocide in Bangladesh at a time when the US was deeply embroiled in Vietnam and facing a financial crisis as a result of the run of the dollar that forced President Sahab to move off the gold standard were more important factors that prevented the US from getting involved despite their ally Pakistan being forced to surrender their army and lose more than half their population.

The USA ensured that :

• Pakistan didn't lose the other half,
• Pakistan Administered Kashmir stayed with Pakistan,
• All Prisoners of War were exchanged.
• India signed the Simla Agreement
• Pakistan could survive to act as a bridge between the USA and China.
• Pakistan could develop nuclear weapons in the face of Soviet supported Indian aggression and direct Soviet aggression in Afghanistan
• Pakistan could get lethal F-16s shooting down dozens of Soviet and Afghan Air Force Planes in a message to the 5 times numerically superior Vayu Sena
• The USA helped Pakistan and the Mujahideen drive the Soviet Union out of Afghanistan and set the stage for the breakup up of the Soviet Union
• The USA ensured that an integrated and compact Pakistan shorn of its eastern unit would continue to rearm and re-equip to face off a 7:times superior enemy .

Looking back at Dhaka today, in 2025, the great 1 million surrender was sure worth it. Our planes will shortly be back in Lal Monirhat .

 

[Baibers_1260]

You really think India is making money on h1bs

No, but it is sure making a huge noise about it. I wonder why ?

 

[Dark-Lord]

And, yet another insult hurled from the US towards India.

Good boy, India.

Yeah, what a disaster. US is paying Pak for minerals and forcing India to buy expensive oil.

Anyway, good to see Indians behaving....

Epic fail.
India stopped buying Iranian oil in June 2019 itself.
No significant purchases of Iranian oil were carried out in Biden era either.

India Has Ended Iranian Oil Imports, Ambassador Says

It's the latest country to grudgingly comply with threatened US sanctions for dealing with Tehran

www.voanews.com

 

[Dark-Lord]

India has not imported any oil from Iran after 2019-20 financial year.

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[Dark-Lord]

India stopped buying Iranian oil in 2019 itself due to JCPOA sanctions.

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[nahtanbob]

No, but it is sure making a huge noise about it. I wonder why ?

Individuals who want to immigrate might be impacted. Outside of that it is noise
The smart ones will immigrate anyway to USA without any issues