<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shriramk" class="u-url mention">@<span>shriramk</span></a></span> Not to mention large percentage of native English speakers, and it's a big enough country no one can reasonably claim its entire news media is a puppet of our favorite boogieman (Russia, China), nor does the U.S. wield immense influence (y'all don't seem too interested in buying our new $100 million fighter jets for example). I'm unaware of any partisan differences in U.S. foreign policy that would favor India (not fact checked). India won't break a Watergate but otherwise . . .</p>