Americans are notoriously ignorant about the politics of other countries, even closely-allied ones like Canada, and I’m really not an exception to this rule.

However, I did just watch this video by a Canadian political pundit who provided a bit of insight, along with some bias.

Apparently, Canadian-Indians have somewhat disproportionate political power and tend to be Sikhs who support separatism from India, through the proposed creation of a splinter nation called Khalistan.

This isn’t just armchair support, but has included major acts of terrorism, including the Air India bombing in 1985, which killed all 329 people aboard. And this separatist terrorism is ongoing.

The guy who was allegedly (meaning: probably) assassinated by Indian operatives in Canada was one such Sikh separatist and had been accused of funneling money to terrorists.

At the same time, Modi is basically India’s version of Trump; a belligerent right-wing populist who’s killed before and way overstepped political boundaries with this assassination.

While Modi deserves to wear the black hat of the villain in this, it’s not clear that the victim is any less of a villain. There are no heroes to cheer for here.

And non-Indian Canadians aren’t cheering for anyone because they are generally ignorant and apathetic about the Sikh/India conflict.

The government just wants the issue to go away without souring Indian relations or losing the support of Sikh voters.

This is along a backdrop of the West courting India as a way to counter China…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdtyKdY_xcM&ab_channel=J.J.McCullough

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