U.S. nuclear support for India - Double Standard By George McGovern

[Douglas Carpenter]

link:

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/14121723.htm

snip:"The nuclear pact signed last week between President Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, which would provide India with access to sensitive nuclear technology and sophisticated nuclear-capable weapons systems, marks a dangerous step backward in the struggle against nuclear proliferation."

snip:"If approved by Congress, this agreement would put the United States in violation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1172, passed in 1998 with U.S. support, which ``prohibits the export of equipment, materials or technology that could in any way assist'' the nuclear programs of India or Pakistan. Neither Pakistan nor India has signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and both countries have dozens of nuclear warheads and hundreds of medium-range missiles."

snip"How can we have any credibility in trying to block Iran's nuclear program, which is still many years away from weapons capability, when we are supporting the nuclear program of a neighboring country which has already developed a dangerous nuclear arsenal? Maintaining such flagrant double standards regarding nuclear proliferation is simply not worthy of a country that asserts the right to global leadership."

full article - link:

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/14121723.htm

[sushi]

1. Yes, double standards

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