Rajiv Gandhi Quotes
There is no problem between Giani Zail Singh and Rajiv Gandhi.
Gandhi, Rajiv. Press Conference. India Today, Living Media India, 1987.
Conservative hard liner hawks in both countries wanted a much more contentious and hostile relationship between the two nations. Reagan especially had to cope with a significant base of his Republican support. In any attempted peace or disarmament negotiations, there are people in both nations who profit economically, politically or ideologically from continued strife. This always makes the process difficult.
There was some political pressure in the North, to offer terms to the South where they could cease the rebellion and return to the Union and return to the status quo ante—before the rebellion.
As in almost every war, there were disagreements between the Confederate Generals and the civilian authorities. See {633934} for another Civil War Southern example.
President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam Diem was a creature of the Central Intelligence Agency. An anti-Communist Christian in a Buddhist county, the CIA engineered his rise to power, created his political party, provided him with cash to bribe other Vietnamese politicians, and paid for all the propaganda so he would “win” the Presidential elections. However, he abused the Buddhists, was thoroughly corrupt and ran a corrupt administration, but worst of all from the American point of view, he was unable to motivate the South Vietnamese population to fight the Communists. He reached the point where he was more of a liability, and the Central Intelligence Agency engineered a coup d’etat to remove him from power and replace him with a President more to our liking. (See {634540}.) Another reason this quotation is important is that it demonstrates the involvement that the Attorney General had with foreign and defense policy. Normally the Attorney General has nothing to do in these areas and is not even in the loop. But Robert F. Kennedy was also the President’s brother, and his advice was sought by President Kennedy on almost all matters. He was probably the most influential attorney general in American history.
Rajiv Ratna Gandhi was an Indian politician who served as the 6th Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the 1984 assassination of his mother, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, to become the youngest Indian Prime Minister at the age of 40.
