Dan Burton: “The logic that we have used with China is that China is so big, and they are a nuclear power, we have to stay engaged…”

“The logic that we have used with China is that China is so big, and they are a nuclear power, we have to stay engaged with them. We cannot criticize them. We cannot do anything but appease them because it might lead to a conflict down the road. As a result, we accept things like nuclear espionage; we accept things like illegal campaign contributions coming to the United States. Attitudes of appeasement usually do not lead to a solution. They lead to a conflict. We saw that in World War II when Lord Chamberlain went to Munich. All I can say is we are not talking about destabilizing or causing a problem in India right now. What we are talking about is sending a message to them. We are talking about sending a message to them that human rights violations, that gang rapes by Indian soldiers who are occupying, imposing martial law on Kashmir and Punjab will not be tolerated. I am not saying sever relations with India. I am not saying that we should not do business with India, trade with India. I am saying we should send them a strong signal like we should send to China.”