Comments by "" (@mailtorajrao) on "Modi says Nehru waffled over Goa liberation — Why India waited 14 years post-independence?" video.

It is quite difficult to imagine that NATO would have attacked India over Goa, given USSR... In any case, Mid 1950s was not long ago since FDR's strong opinion on Allies holding on to countries post II war. It is an erroneous conclusion that US official policy supported PT's occupation of Goa in any earnestness.
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@aritrakarakart5163 Of course in hindsight one can only conjecture and discuss in terms of probabilities. However, that fact remains that from 1955 till end of Khrushchev period, India received more military assistance from USSR than even China! Question on whether NATO would have attacked, likelihood is less and had NATO attacked, USSR assistance seems likely. Foreign policy is complex and that Nehru's foreign policy had a strong pacifist element, is also a fact. Therefore, one would give PM's statement on Nehru/Goa more credence, than not. Probabilistically.
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@aritrakarakart5163 Sure. The keywords are 'saying the truth' -- But one tends to think that SG was only weaving a narrative in terms of possibilities & likelihoods, no?
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