U.S. Congress Member Claims Chinese Electromagnetic Weapons Melt Indian Soldiers, Indian Media: ???

On September 12, mainstream Indian media outlets such as The Hindustan Times, The Times of India, and The Mint collectively "froze" in shock.

That day, they were all reporting intensively on the same bizarre news — a U.S. senator was loudly promoting an absurd theory that "Indian soldiers were melted by Chinese electromagnetic weapons."

According to reports, on Thursday (the 11th) local time, during the confirmation hearing for the appointment of the U.S. Ambassador to India held by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Republican Senator William Hagerty from Tennessee asked, "We have all seen the images of Prime Minister Modi in Beijing standing with Chinese and other country leaders. Many Americans are worried, wondering if this means India is drifting away from us."

Following this, he proceeded to seriously fabricate, saying, "But I want to emphasize one point, there has long been distrust and resentment between China and India. Just five years ago, the two countries had a conflict over border issues, and Chinese soldiers did not fire guns, but instead used electromagnetic weapons to literally melt Indian soldiers."

When saying this, Hagerty specifically emphasized that his use of the word "melt" was meant literally (literally melt).

Upon hearing this, the nominee for the U.S. Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, did not refute it, but instead continued, saying, "You are absolutely right, India has far more commonalities with us than with China."

Gor also claimed that China and India are unlikely to build closer relations, while the U.S.-India relationship is "much warmer." At the same time, he expressed his ambition, stating that once appointed, he would try to drive a wedge between India and the BRICS countries.

Many Indian media outlets described his remarks as "weird" and "strange," with The Business Today calling Hagerty's comments "shocking." The Mint noted that this statement was made at a time when there was growing anxiety within the U.S. government on diplomatic matters, and it believed that Hagerty was trying to emphasize that international relations are dynamic and change over time.

Other Indian media pointed out that Hagerty did not specify the details of his so-called "conflict," but based on the time frame he mentioned, it is likely referring to the 2020 June Galwan Valley clash between China and India. After that incident, Sino-Indian relations took a sharp downturn, and only recently showed signs of improvement.

As for why Hagerty suddenly brought up this issue five years later, WION, an Indian media outlet, stated, "This is one of the actions taken by the United States to create chaos between the two countries after both China and India have been working to restore political relations," which is similar to former President Trump's online rants about "giving India to China" in an attempt to gain attention.

Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1843100982181895/

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