When national policy becomes hostage to regional interests, the federal government becomes paralysed and would be unable to act in the larger national interest.
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If wars were won by superior technology alone, the United States would not have been vanquished in Vietnam or waylaid in Afghanistan.
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While ideological blinkers blind one to change that one does not wish to see, statistics and opinion surveys, too, have their limitations in a complex polity like India.
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I do believe it is true that the people of India regard the prime minister as the most important political leader.
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The Indian voter will not shy away from sacrificing in the national interest. If the voter is convinced that high oil prices are a national challenge and that the government is doing its best to deal with the challenge, the voter would be willing to bear the burden.
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Real power in the modern world is determined by a nation's economic capabilities, not just the nuclear warheads it stores.
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