tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13419760.post4393616868411888202..comments2024-02-23T02:18:11.366-08:00Comments on The Liberal Doomsayer: How About A "No Nuke" Compact?doomsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398846941235150923noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13419760.post-15737503631917337682007-10-08T14:35:00.000-07:002007-10-08T14:35:00.000-07:00I’ll admit that I haven’t read the NPT and I’m not...I’ll admit that I haven’t read the NPT and I’m not aware of the differences between a classification as a NWS or a NNWS, though I’ll try to read the treaty later.<BR/><BR/>It just seems to me that the agreement was overly restrictive towards India and put them in a position where they would be looking toward their neighbors instead of us for material to continue expansion as its nuclear capability develops. Maybe that was the plan on the part of Bushco because India wouldn’t sign the agreement unless they did so as an NWS. If that was the plan, it was a stupid one as usual, with the three house reps tripping over themselves to oppose the agreement after Hyde had done his best to rig it in our favor anyway (and what does it tell you that someone like Henry Hyde is telling another country how to develop its nuke program, by the way?).<BR/><BR/>The only thing I care about is whether or not India, and the other non-NPT-signing countries, will use their nukes for military purposes. If India wants to trade with Iran as it goes forward…well, that doesn’t make me happy, but it’s their right. It’s just that this whole thing seems to me to be aimed towards facilitating opportunities for American companies to do business with India and cutting out other countries in the process, with (as usual) no eye towards future consequences (so Bushco could say yet again that “no one could have foreseen this” when something goes wrong, when in reality, it turns out that EVERYONE could have foreseen this).<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comment.doomsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06398846941235150923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13419760.post-19352085507088914732007-10-08T11:41:00.000-07:002007-10-08T11:41:00.000-07:00You should re-read (or just read if you have never...You should re-read (or just read if you have never before) the NPT. <BR/><BR/>For the records, India NEVER said that it will NOT sign the NPT. In fact, it has always maintained and its official position to this day is that it is ready to sign the NPT if and only if it can sign it as a NWS (nuclear weapons state). <BR/><BR/>You would be well informed to know that the NPT divides states into two categories - NWS (the five states) and NNWS (non nuclear weapons state).<BR/><BR/>India's questions are, and arguably legitimately so, a) why should it have to sign it as NNWS? and b) what authority do the five states have to tell India to be a NNWS?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com