Now we are selling Warplanes to India?

Hmm, it looks like we are going down a real road of cooperation with India now.

"Where only a few years ago, no one would have talked about the prospects for a major U.S.-India defense deal, today the prospects are promising, whether in the realm of combat aircraft, helicopters, maritime patrol aircraft or naval vessels," the U.S. Defense Department said as President George W. Bush paid a three-day visit to India.

Hmm, this should set those national policy wonk's tongues wagging. Is this a check against China? Will India back our play if we need to jump China to protect Taiwan? Is this adding a big, potentially powerful nation to the coalition of the willing? Are we trying to redraw Asian alliences? Anyway you look at it this is a great deal for Boeing and Lockheed Martin.