The commies are masters of double speak. They collude with the Jehadis in Kerala; stage protests in the UP and elsewhere in protest against a cartoon published by some Dane and do not pronounce a word against the fatwas issued by some in UP including ministers in that period; try to belittle Manmohan even though they are part of the UPA ... I could go on.
That the commies are traitors is a no-brainer, but the 123 agreement is a lot more complex. India needs energy security and the future looks really bleak for the indigenous nuclear program; crippled as it is by the US led embargoes.
The 123 agreement may take care of India's short term energy need, but by signing the deal, India will forever become a client state of the US. We may eventually come under the nuclear umbrella of the US, but that is not what 2 billion Indians would cherish in the year 2050. By that time we would potentially have left the US far behind in the economic race.
We do have the largest known reserves of Thorium. We also have proven expertise in Thorium based FB reactors. What we are lacking is the political will and funding to make sure that the nuclear sector draws the best talent and beats the Americans at their own game i.e. technology. Unless we beat them at technology we will continue to be paupers whereas the Americans will throw these rubbish 123s at us. Manmohan should do a Kennedy and ask the scientists to come up with a reliable Thorium based reactor design within ten years.
