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2006-09-26 India-Pakistan

Nuclear programmes of India and Iran different: Rice

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Posted by john 2006-09-26 17:19|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

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Can't the same thing be said about Israel?

OTOH China does not have a 'stellar' record in non-prolifieration does it?

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-09-26 17:45|| 2006-09-26 17:45|| Front Page Top

#2 .I've never been one who believes that in international politics every situation is the same

There is a fiction in international relations that states are equal.

So India, with a population of 1.1 billion, one sixth of the earth's population has the same say in the UN as a small caribbean island with a population of ten thousand. Actually less, since there are many small states and they each have a vote.

Those who equate the Iranian and Indian programmes also fail to recognise the different technical levels they are at.

India already has developed complete fuel cycle technology - from mining ore to enriching fuel to building its own power, fast breeder and third gen eration reactors, to reprocessing plutonium, to waste vitrification and disposal.
This is quite apart from the actual weapon technology - building and testing both fission and thermonuclear weapons and their delivery systems.

Posted by john 2006-09-26 17:47|| 2006-09-26 17:47|| Front Page Top

#3 better response: "I don't recall India threatening the Jooooos, Americans, Europeans, Iraqis.... ad nauseum. Iran is a belligerent punk state with a midget psychotic as President and a kleptocrat mullahcracy in charge. They will get theirs, not likely nuclear, but that's because we have other options available... *smile*"

Posted by Frank G 2006-09-26 17:58|| 2006-09-26 17:58|| Front Page Top

#4 There is also the matter of the law.

Iran signed the NPT and has been busy finding ways to subvert the treaty, violating its commitments.

India simply stayed out of the treaty. It can't break a treaty it has never signed.

Posted by john 2006-09-26 18:14|| 2006-09-26 18:14|| Front Page Top

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