The following should be kept in the minds of all rational thinking persons: 1. India missed the bus by not exploding the drvice till 1968; what ever be its reasons; 2. Concerned with China's success and with other countries making efforts; fear of proliferation became real, against which the world powers brought in NPT (may be in the discriminatory form); 3. Having appreciated India's role vis-a-vis that of Pakistan and China, and also looking at the market potential in India, US wants to draw closer to India as per the July '05 agreement; 4. It however it can not openly support, India's using imported uranium for making bombs; 5. If India has not expanded its uranium mining, it is entirely the fault of India's senior scientists, who are still in power getting repeated extensions; 6. Now they want to cover up their slippages, by blaming US policies, while the country badly needs power, nuclear or other type; 7. It surely is a tricky situation where the Govt position is to be salvaged, for if the deal falls thru completely, it is the people of the country who will be losing and none of the scientists or the politicians; 8. Very calm analysis is hence needed.
