While anti-China, anti-communist stands are surely fine within a democratic setup, it is curious that why we so confidently accept certain thing like a religious belief without giving much logical thought to it. Why it is so that the Chinese Govt's statements are always false (there are certainly few such cases) while what US says are always true (do I need to mention that in how many cases they said blunt lies..Iraq for example?). Similarly, why we so clearly accept that this deal is truly very positive for us? It is more or less accepted that alternative sources of energy is must but is it nuclear energy only? Even USA has only 19% of its energy from this. Nuclear waste disposal is a big problem. Now, for India scientists say that even with the deal we will produce maximum 9% of our need by 2020. Additionally, Hyde act says that India has to align with US in Iran question, no nuclear tests are allowed, fast breeder reasearch is restricted which might allow us to use thorium (India has 24% of world reserve). We will not be able to use money for research or Thorium mining but spend a lot of money for buying reactors, equipments and many warmachines from US companies. The Iran gasline is naturally dumped. Moreoever, Australia recently stated that it won't provide U fuel to India unless it signs NPT. So, is it reality that we will anyway win by it? The lefts are blindly anti-US but aren't we blindly pro-US then? So, they are slaves of China, and we are slaves of US? Wondering..
RE:Wondering...
by Tridib Sarma on Jun 20, 2008 11:08 AM Permalink
It is not about being anti-china or pro-US. Did these communists show any kind of patriotism during the Indo china war in 1962 ? They have the policy of anti-US all the times regardless of what is good for India. The deal will put India in the world map as a responsible nuclear power nation. In this age, no country will dare to fight using nuclear bombs, in case of war, after seeing the Hiroshima. Now nuclear power should be used as an alternative energy source, may be it 5%, 10% of total need of India, whatever. Because this deal will affect china, thus Pakistan, Myanmar and Bangladesh, should not India go ahead with this deal ? China signed a similar kind of treaty a few years ago, why not India.
RE:Wondering...
by Sugata Ray on Jun 20, 2008 11:13 AM Permalink
Firstly, I don't take commie as an insult. it is just another ideology, some may like it while some may not. UN doesn't say that being a comminist is criminal. So, you attempt to insult fails.
Question of WB is irrelevant here but that is common in this rediff replies. Anyway, I may still say that the situation in WB is still better than your neoliberal capitalist driven Africa or Latin America or even some EU nations. Do you know that even after 60 years of independence India stands at 128th place in the UN's HD report among 177 countries? So, what exactly capitalist system provided in terms of development in last 60 years, sir?
