Bush is happy for India to have nukes

[McKenzie]

Iran is castigated by Bush for alleged development of nuclear weapons - Bush agrees to let India buy uranium on the open market without any clause prohibiting its use for weapons development.

Hypocrisy? Or maybe I'm not getting something...

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The June agreement was followed by a July 18 meeting of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President George W Bush that ended US restrictions on India's civilian nuclear power program, and allowed India to begin purchasing uranium on the international market.

While the Bush administration is telling the US Congress that the pact will encourage civilian over military uses of nuclear technology, Manmohan told the Indian parliament, "There is nothing in this joint statement that amounts to limiting or inhibiting our strategic nuclear weapons program."

Indeed, by allowing India to buy uranium on the open market, the pact will let India divert all of its domestic uranium supplies to weapons production. That would allow it to produce up to 1,000 warheads, making it the third largest arsenal in the world behind the US and Russia.

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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GJ26Ak03.html

[edbermac]

1. Well as Tom Lehrer once sang...

One of the big news items of the past year concerned the fact that China, which we call Red China, exploded a nuclear bomb, which we called a device. Then Indonesia announced that it was gonna have one soon, and proliferation became the word of the day. Here's a song about that.

First we got the bomb and that was good,
'Cause we love peace and motherhood.
Then Russia got the bomb, but that's O.K.,
'Cause the balance of power's maintained that way!
Who's next?

France got the bomb, but don't you grieve,
'Cause they're on our side (I believe).
China got the bomb, but have no fears;
They can't wipe us out for at least five years!
Who's next?

Then Indonesia claimed that they
Were gonna get one any day.
South Africa wants two, that's right:
One for the black and one for the white!
Who's next?

Egypt's gonna get one, too,
Just to use on you know who.
So Israel's getting tense,
Wants one in self defense.
"The Lord's our shepherd," says the psalm,
But just in case, we better get a bomb!
Who's next?

Luxembourg is next to go
And, who knows, maybe Monaco.
We'll try to stay serene and calm
When Alabama gets the bomb!
Who's next, who's next, who's next?
Who's next?