Rep Markey's Response To Indian PM Regarding Nuclear Deal

In my view this should not get Congress's approval chiefly because it is a violation of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty. We as a nation and as a signatory to that treaty should be DIScouraging nuclear proliferation not proliferating it. This is nothing more to me than a set up by the bastards in Washington Dc to choose sides when their "war" in Iraq spreads. In my view only terrorists make deals regarding nuclear proliferation, not people of peace.

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US congressman's response to Indian PM on nuclear deal

by Staff Writers
Washington (AFP) Aug 13, 2007

A veteran congressman on Monday branded a landmark US civilian nuclear deal with India as a "capitulation" to New Delhi and demanded details on Indian ties with Iran. Representative Ed Markey released a statement following Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's defense of the accord in a speech to parliament.

"The Bush administration claims it is seeking nuclear cooperation, but in reality, the agreement it negotiated is 'nuclear capitulation' to India's every wish," the Massachusetts Democrat said.

"Prime Minister Singh's comments today are yet another indication that this agreement does not comply with the law Congress wrote and passed last year ... to condition and restrict any agreement.

"As currently drafted, this is a bad deal for our country and a damaging blow to non-proliferation efforts worldwide," Markey said.

The accord, which covers civil nuclear technology, was rejected almost immediately by the Indian opposition and Singh's communist allies.

But in a speech in parliament, Singh said New Delhi had not agreed to "any provision that mandates scrutiny of our nuclear weapons programme or any unsafeguarded nuclear facilities."

"India is committed to a voluntary, unilateral moratorium on nuclear testing," Singh said, adding that the pact did not preclude India from launching future nuclear tests

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And the fate of Pakistan's nukes is in question, with "Bin Laden" still supposedly influencing that region.