DIPLOMACY: Why the US is courting India?

This post is a comment to Daniel Drezner's post that the nuclear deal is right. Leaving aside the underlying desire for world peace, I personally feel that the deal is probably good for both countries. A point which is not raised directly, the boots on the ground for future 'natural disasters' would be coming from countries like India. Being a mercenary used (uh, it still is, right?) to be a honorable profession, after all the people who got rich when they went to 'the wars'.

Some food for thought for you all...

Why the US Promotes India's Great-Power Ambitions

To summarize just the title of the sections

1) Context: US strategic perspective worldwide
2) New US 'global defence posture'
3) Need for Indian bases, training facilities
4) Indian armed forces to do the "low-end" tasks
5) Proliferation Security Initiative: violation of international law
6) Missile 'defence': an offensive alliance with grave consequences
7) India as the linchpin of a proposed 'Asian NATO'