The civilian nuclear power deal with India was signed into law yesterday by the President with Indian Ambassador Raminder Jassal looking on.  The strategic significance of this alliance goes largely unnoticed, or ignored, even by the author of the Washington Times article who covered the event.  Stephen Dinan of the Washington Times criticizes the President by saying,As the president's push to establish democracies sputters in the Middle East, the India agreement gives him a major international diplomatic accomplishment in another part of the world. It is a major accomplishment, and it is in another part of the world, but it is also part of a well-thought out and executed plan to put the squeeze on the mullahs of Iran.  It is therefore an integral part of the Global War on Terror and is a major coup in forestalling Iran's nuclear program and frustrating the mullah's major sponsor to the north.This isn't about nuclear proliferation nor is this an "historical...(Read Full Post)