India-Canada row: How ties hit rock bottom between the two countries
In the 19th Century, the British and Russia fought for dominance in Central Asia. One of the theaters of this fight was Iran, and Britain generally prevailed. It used this power to create a monopoly on Iranian oil, kept most of the profits, and supported friendly governments, like the 1921 Pahlavi coup d’état, a pro-Western military man. In 1941,
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Remember when Western powers turned on Saudi Arabia over the murder of Khashogghi and then the Saudis joined the BRICS+ and started bilaterally setting the oil price with the Russians? Its happening again. This time with India. https://t.co/EciihNDzCw
Delhi squandered this influence by supporting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. India was the only state in the region and the only democracy in the world to support the Soviet-backed Afghan communist regime in Kabul. The mujahideen fighters who toppled that regime had been funded by the CIA and the Saudis, and armed and trained by
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