It required a 9/11 for U.S to acknowledge that its long term ally was not so "nice" as it projects all the time. When India harped for decades that it was terrorism on our borders along Kashmir and Punjab, they turned a blind eye and continued to support - you know who. Only when your fingers get burnt do you acknowledge at times. After 7/7 there was a good article in The Times of India that said :
India a lab for terror strikes
By Chidanand Rajghatta/TNN
Washington: Has the failure of western intelligence agencies to recognise India as a victim of terrorism and their lack of interest in terrorist modus operandi in India over the past 15 years brought them grief in recent years? It would appear so, going by the action replay of terrorist acts in India that one is now witnessing in various parts of the world.The serial blasts that shook London on Thursday show again that India has been used as a laboratory by terrorists.
The world may forget but Indians wouldn't - the serial bomb blasts of Mumbai in 1993! It was ok then because it was India where hundreds die every month. If you are smart, you know the point I'm driving home. Good articles on the same topic ---