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🚨 A ship headed to India. Hit by projectiles. In Hormuz.
Say it slowly.
10 days ago, India invited IRIS Dena to MILAN 2026 naval exercises in Vizag. Hosted Iranian sailors. Took photos. Then; the US torpedoed that very ship in the Indian Ocean. 87 dead. India said… nothing.
Not a protest. Not a walkout. Not even a press conference.
Jaishankar called it “humanitarian” that we let another Iranian vessel dock at Kochi.
Iran called IRIS Dena India’s guest. And we couldn’t even stand up for our own guest.
That silence had a price.
Today, ships bound for Gujarat are being bombed in Hormuz. This isn’t collateral damage. This is what happens when every warring party; US, Israel, Iran; has correctly concluded that India will do nothing.
We have no red lines. No leverage. No spine.
Modi surrendered our Iran ties under US pressure. Quietly buried Chabahar. Abandoned INSTC. Voted with the West selectively, gained nothing in return. And now we are diplomatically invisible in a war that directly threatens our oil lifeline.
85% of India’s crude passes through or near this corridor.
Our Prime Minister’s response? Phone calls. “Deep concern.” CCS meetings. Another strongly worded statement filed under “things that changed nothing.”
Nehru built Non-Alignment so India would never be a bystander in wars that affect us. Indira created leverage. Vajpayee maintained balance. Modi replaced all of it with optics, foreign junkets, and WhatsApp-forward diplomacy.
The result is staring at us from the Strait of Hormuz.
We weren’t caught in this war. We walked into it; blindfolded, unarmed, and completely alone.
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