It is time to give a deep thought to everything. Firstly, how is it that Americans, especially Republican Bush -the roughneck Texan-turned so 'friendly' towards India! It was not any divine calling that he heeded. Just that the American cunning went active, when the world scientific jury was out on the "bull's eye success" of the maverick Indian Fast Breeder programme. The original SOLE concern, "HOW TO CAP and SEAL" the Indian nuke advancement was the moving force for architecting the deal. The Yankee think tank realised that over 3 decades of tranquil nuke isolation has been the chief reason for this phenomenal tech leadership achieved by the Indians. For, there was no talent attrition, the scourge of all Indian science and tech development programmes! So they have envisioned a stricture-free human resource movement regime as a successor of the 123 Deal. In fact, they have a ready plan to quote India's strident demand in WTO for free movement of human resources in the global labour market for making their strategic sequal!! The moment India signs the Deal, at least 200-300 key nuke scientists and engineers would be spirited away from India's nuke R&D establishments. Slowly but steadily they will sap the Indian nuke development programme, while simultaneously denying India the status of a weapons state. Over time our politicians and bureaucrats will succumb to the changing situation and silently make the nation accept the degraded status permanently as 'fait accompli'.
RE:Don't rush, take a breather, it can save India's day in the end!
by PM on Aug 10, 2007 07:27 PM Permalink
Interesting thoughts.....but they seem to be more of a cynical conspiracy theory influenced by "zero-sum game" thinking. International relations are complex and dynamic. The only way a country can further its self-interest and establish and maintain its position in a global world order is by engaging other countries. And that involves negotiations and agreements that are based on quid-pro-quo. No country acts out of any enlightened concern for any other country but; its acts are guided by its own preservation. That is why diplomacy is more of an art than science. Just because "it is good for the US" does not mean by implication that "it is bad for us".
