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This deal may cause India to collapse

This deal may cause India to collapse
rediff newes September 08, 2008 Rajeev Srinivasan There have been hosannas and hallelujahs aplenty about the fact that the Nuclear Suppliers Group has decided to provide a waiver of sorts to India. The fine print is yet to be deciphered, but already the usual suspects are taking credit for having brought about ‘energy security in our time.’…………..

…..The confidential letter from the US State Department to the House Foreign Relations Committee, as publicised by Representative Howard Berman, is refreshingly candid about the real facts behind the deal: To use pithy Americanisms, the Indians are being taken to the cleaners. Being sold a bill of goods. Led to the slaughter. Being totally sold snake-oil, with the active connivance of their leaders………………………what exactly is India getting? After all the huffing and puffing, India has now been given the privilege of spending enormous amounts of money — absolute billions — to buy nuclear fission reactors and uranium? This is a good thing?……

…………If all goes well, India will be left holding the bag for absolute mountains of extremely dangerous and long-lived (10,000 years, say) radioactive waste,

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September 9, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics