Decius wrote:

Mike the Usurper wrote:
Their "ruse" may be to create a nuclear program by going through all the legitimate steps under NPT, but if they're following the rules under NPT then we need to change NPT.

We can't build that kind of consensus. We can't even convince the Germans to stop selling Mercedes into Iran much less redefine the NPT to include power.

What is fundamentally wrong here goes in multiple directions. We care about NPT when it comes to Iraq, but not India.

Oh, we care about it in regard to India. I've personally worked with sanctions that were put in place against India in reaction to their test. The Bush admin has used those sanctions as a bargaining chip with them recently.

No, Bush had removed the sanctions Clinton put in place before 2001 was out (see here), and then provided them with more goodies on his little tour last year to India and Pakistan.

You're right about rebuilding NPT, though. The current administration couldn't get someone to stop selling Uzi's at grade schools, much less rebuild NPT in a meaningful way (and I don't think that needs to include limiting nuclear power, although I have two specific issues with it called, not in my backyard, and you want to dump what where?). Bush could never get that done, and has no interest in doing so.

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