Bush Confronted on Nuclear Past (from the LA Times)

[TheBaldyMan]

Bush Jr got a nasty shock when addressing a gathering of senior citizens in connection with Medicare prescription reforms. When the floor was opened for questions no one anticipated that one of the surviving members of the 1970 negotiation team of the NPT was present.

When a member of the audience praised Bush about his trip to India, ex-negotiator Laurence Weller, 85 , could not remain silent.

he said:

"Mr. President, there are some — and I guess I would include myself — who have different views about the Indian agreement, because they're concerned about the effect that the agreement will have on the capacity of India to stimulate its own production of nuclear weapons," he said.

Weiler told Bush that he was one of the few surviving negotiators of the 1970 Nonproliferation Treaty, which was ratified by the world's major nuclear powers and more than 180 other nations to limit the spread of nuclear weapons.

<snip>

Mr. Weller continued to point out fundamental problems with the deal and recieved a series of Bush platitudes in return.

read the whole article here: While speaking about Medicare, the president gets a surprise challenge from a negotiator of the nonproliferation treaty that India never signed.

[Mrspeeker]

1. well as long as GW didn't have to pronounce it

we all know where that leads :)

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. "You did a heck of a job back then Weiler! Next question."

[opihimoimoi]

3. Surprise suprise...Mr Bush I assume, had no valid answer to counter the

assertion Spreading Nuke Capacity into the International is a BAD IDEA..agreed upon by dozens of Nations..and ratified into a treaty

which are not to be taken lightly else credibility is lost....OUR AMERICAN CREDIBILITY...as well as HIS.

Definitely Not an ASTUTE President we have...more like a blundering fool under the influence of some Bad peeps

[Supersedeas]

4. a string of platitudes and vagaries from the Presnit -- nooo wwwaay