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The Biden administration is nervously watching a dispute between Canada and India, with some officials concerned it could upend the U.S. strategy toward the Indo-Pacific that is directed at blunting China’s influence there and elsewhere.

Publicly, the administration has maintained that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations that the Indian government may have been involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist near Vancouver are a matter between the two countries.

But U.S. officials have also repeatedly urged India to cooperate in the investigation. Those calls have been ignored thus far by India, which denies the allegations.

Behind the scenes, U.S. officials say they believe Trudeau’s claims are true. And they are worried that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be adopting tactics to silence opposition figures on foreign soil akin to those used by Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and North Korea, all of which have faced similar accusations.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They should be happy that India didn't assassinate a US citizen first. Now all the dirty laundry can come out, Canada gets the blame, and India can be told to knock it off while the US gets to play middleman.

[–] trebuchet@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It kinda reminds me of when Saudi Arabia killed the Washington Post writer. Trump blew it off and Biden basically continued the Trump foreign policy.

Seems like normally consequences for acts at the global level are more based on geopolitical considerations than moral considerations. I could imagine if India assassinated a US citizen the intelligence would have just been buried and nobody would have ever heard about it so the US could contribute building up the India relationship to use against China.

[–] rastilin@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Seems like normally consequences for acts at the global level are more based on geopolitical considerations than moral considerations. I could imagine if India assassinated a US citizen the intelligence would have just been buried and nobody would have ever heard about it so the US could contribute building up the India relationship to use against China.

Which I've always had trouble with, because if you know that someone is immoral, then why are you trusting that they're going to care about your relationship with them?

[–] trailing9@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

if you know that someone is immortal, then why are you trusting that they’re going to care about your relationship with them?

You meant immoral, didn't you?

Good question both ways.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

There can be only one.

[–] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because like everything relationships are temporary from both sides. US will turn on India at a heartbeat if it can get Pakistan out from the clutches of china. It is easier to control Pakistan since it is a real fascist government. US has experience in controlling fascists.

[–] rastilin@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In your example neither Pakistan or India are on America's side, so it's not reasonable to expect loyalty. Now consider this, what would make America turn on another western democracy like the UK, France, Australia or Canada. It would take a lot.

[–] reddit_sux@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Can you with all that is known tell with 100% conviction that US has not spied on and carried out extra judicial action against any other western democracy.