Comments by "Louis Giokas" (@louisgiokas2206) on "India, facing China concerns, abstained from UN resolution to appease Russia: Foreign policy expert" video.

  1.  @laurieleroy8298  Well, I have traveled extensively. I was a little strong in my statement before. I am sure there are Indians in Russia, but I would be surprised if the numbers matched what we see in the US. I would love to see figures on that. India is a lot like China. There are massive numbers of Chinese who have emigrated all over the world. I had an investor who had a successful company in Chicago. He was ethnic Chinese, but his parents had lived in the Caribbean. Even Ghamdi made his name initially in South Africa.
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  2. Indians do not migrate to Russia. They come to the US. I live in an upper middle-class suburb of Chicago. I have lots of Indian neighbors. My two best friends when I first went to university, in the early 1970s, were Indian. I was studying physics (I later switched to computer science). Of the students in the physics department at the time, a third were Americans of European descent, a third were Chinese (from Taiwan) and a third were Indian. It was a very international place. It was just outside of Washington, DC. where I was born. India does a lot more business with the US and the EU than it does with Russia. They need to break the defense relationship. It is not in their interest, and the Soviet equipment is inferior. In fact, they pulled out of an agreement to help develop and fund Russia's 5th generation fighter, which basically put the program on hold. They also recently bought French fighters. The Soviet/Russian planes they have did not do well against US planes supplied to Pakistan (F16s vs Migs). When will they realize their mistake? You really cannot be non-aligned in this world. They need the Quad (India, the US, Australia and Japan) to counter China in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. They are playing a dangerous game, and will suffer for it if they don't alter course.
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  3.  @laurieleroy8298  Actually, you are wrong on that last point. Many people start business with amounts like $20K.
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