ARTICLE: "Lawmakers Decry Iran-India Alliance: Leaders Warn of Damage to Nuclear Deal," By Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, May 3, 2007; Page A15

Trying to break India from Iran will work about as well as trying to break China from Iran.

We look at this so myopically. Ask yourself what it would take for the U.S. to ditch the House of Saud? Well, India and China view Iran's rising role in their energy security in similar ways: a very useful hedge against uncertainty. Our behavior toward Iran and the Middle East in general cannot help but give both New Delhi and Beijing serious pause, so expecting them to abandon their best hedge is really naive, in my opinion.