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Uranium, India and the nuclear non-proliferation regime : Comments

By Jim Green, published 15/8/2007

The precedent set by Australia's nuclear trade with India increases the risk of other countries pulling out of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

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The Americans could not get a defacto NPT, CTBT or FMCT from the Indians. And how they tried.
Nixon cursed in 1974. Carter cajoled in 1976. Clinton even changed the NSG rules in 1992 to require full scope safeguards.
Clinton sanctioned in 1998, Madeleine Albright threatened. They sent Strobe Talbot in 1999. Nicholas Burns tried in 2007.
No Australian PM will fare better.

An ironclad assurance that no Australian Uranium will be used in a weapons program?
Yes.

Fissile cutoff? Test ban?
No.

No Indian government would survive such an agreement with Howard. The Indian PM would be looking for a new job the next morning.
Posted by john frum, Saturday, 18 August 2007 10:54:14 AM
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I just thought that in terms of nuclear weapon, it is extremely dangerous to have the nuclear deal with India.
First of all, India with its Islamic background is a potential Islamic extremism foster.
Another reason is India is producing missile which can reach US.

Hopefully, India will not be another Iraq, which US supported in 1980's to against Iran, because US is gonna support India to again China.

However, China is actually becoming an actual capitalism country and the majority of Chinese, which is Han Nation, has not invaded other country for more than 500 hundred years. Furthermore, Chinese seems really interested in business and earning money.

Please read the article written by a Canadian correspondent, http://www.ericmargolis.com/archives/2007/08/happy_birthday_1.php
Posted by Mark.elisita, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 12:05:56 AM
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> First of all, India with its Islamic background is
> a potential Islamic extremism foster.

850 million Hindus might have something to say about that..

> Another reason is India is producing missile which can reach US.

And Chinese ICBMs were designed to reach Mongolia?

> the majority of Chinese, which is Han Nation, has not invaded
> other country for more than 500 hundred years.

1951 - Tibet 1962 - India 1979 - Vietnam ?
Or is that land all Chinese?

> Please read the article written by a Canadian correspondent,

Eric Margolis is well connected to Pakistani army brass.. his opinions are no surprise... if it benefits the Indian economy, it must be very bad.
Posted by john frum, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 3:49:00 AM
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Mark

You obviously haven't read much history. Chinese fought Australians in Korea.

100,000s of Chinese troops fought allied troops (including Americans, Canadians, Australians and others) from 1950 during the Korean War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War .

Why did China intervene and launch a surprise attack against Australian troops? China did not want a united Korea that was free or democratic. China saw it as too dangerous for the Korean people to be given a choice.

China wanted to save the Stalinist Kim regime in North Korea and that regime (now with nuclear weapons and missiles) is still supported by China today. North Korea has made a few superficial moves towards nuclear disarmament.

While Australia's relations withs China have improved its client state, North Korea, remains a dangerous international flashpoint.

Pete
http://spyingbadthings.blogspot.com/
Posted by plantagenet, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 8:05:20 AM
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