France is doing the right thing but let's face it, it's a copy-cat maneuver. Why do all the Western nations always copy US, why did't they show initiative earlier? They feared potential US objection at first, but now they know the US is in the same spirit. Anyway let the deals roll now, it's been too late already. And while India gets it deserved dues, let the non-proliferation lobby finish their long overdue homeworks on China and even Paki,N.Korea,Libya,etc.
RE:France
by dull roots on Jul 31, 2007 05:47 PM Permalink
The long drawn spanning nearly 3 decades of effort by India to veer around NSG barriers is finally bearing fruits and instead of commending Indian competence in this complex negotiation you are expressing disregard for France, who are indeed trying to make it easy for India. The complexity of human thought and number of manhours spent into making somehting really complex say a Mirage or LCA fighter would be an order less than effort which has gone into making the N-deal! We need lot more analysis, and a bit more of humlity before discerning any conclusion.
