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richlevy · 08-09-2005, 08:57 PM

At this point, it appears Washington is going to give India a pass on having to sign the non-proliferation treaty. This is mostly because Pakistan won't sign it either.

Since we value India as a democracy in it's region, we will probably not hold sanctions against them.

If we refuse to sanction Pakistan and India, who have performed nuclear tests (Israel has not and is not officially a nuclear power), North Korea and Iran can make the valid claim that they are being treated differently from 'friends' of the US.

08-09-2005, 08:57 PM	#4
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	At this point, it appears Washington is going to give India a pass on having to sign the non-proliferation treaty. This is mostly because Pakistan won't sign it either. Since we value India as a democracy in it's region, we will probably not hold sanctions against them. If we refuse to sanction Pakistan and India, who have performed nuclear tests (Israel has not and is not officially a nuclear power), North Korea and Iran can make the valid claim that they are being treated differently from 'friends' of the US. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama