ALL U.S. PRESIDENTS LEARN ON THE JOB.

With perhaps the sole exception of George Wicked Bush all Presidents have learned on the job. So will Obama. But the main problem is that India never articulates its real needs and other countries misread India's requirements. Indians have not yet learned the subject of politics but indulge in polemics of squabbling with each other like college students indulging in their Union politics of one-up-manship for earning fleeting brownie points.

Their is no long term strategy in any Indian politician's scheme but only short term tactics of immediate political returns. Our politicians keep us divided on caste, creed and reservations considerations of vote bank politics. It not only confuses others about our actual focus but also helps our detractors to take advantage of our fractured unity as Indians. Example, the Left's open support to China and Pakistan in Parliament or by others who have made Muslims appeasement their sole political manifesto of survival which includes all parties.

Despite Israel (having a strong self-destructive Left) being a small country surrounded by dangerous enemies out to wipe it off the map of the globe nobody is in any doubt of its strategies and actions which says "You can love us or you can hate us-but you cannot ignore us". What impression does India invoke around the world? That we are a soft nation which can be kicked around like even non-countries like Pakistan, Nepal or Bangladesh. Everyone loves to be allied with a strong person and enjoys kicking the weak. Why blame Obama of trying to interfere in India’s internal matters beginning with Kashmir? You cannot blame him for concluding that we are soft state and a pushover.