"President Bush, who used specious claims about a nuclear threat to
launch his disastrous war in Iraq, agreed to a deal -- in blatant
violation of international accords and several decades of bipartisan
U.S. policy -- that would enable India to double or triple its annual
production of nuclear weapons.
"For decades, U.S. law and the provisions of the nonproliferation
treaty have precluded the sale of nuclear fuel and reactor components
to India, which has acquired an atomic arsenal and has refused to sign
the treaty.
"President Bush turned that policy upside down last week, agreeing to
share nuclear energy technology with India, even as it continues to
develop nuclear weapons in a program that is shielded from
international inspectors.
In other words, India, the world's largest Democracy, should not be
allowed to have nuclear weapons, despite the fact that China, India's
next door neighbor and largest rival, does. Even worse, the author of
the Times believes that India should continue using fossil fuels as its
economy expands, potentially destroying the planetary climate.
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