A nuke in hand is worth two with Bush.

So, finally Bush came, saw and conquered too, if we are to believe the media. I am not
against new technology, FDI or responsible nuclear behaviour, but somehow the visit
of George Bush left a bad taste.

I feel bad that my country and its administrators were laying out the red carpet for a
criminal responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians that
include children and women, who due to no fault of theirs or their country had to suffer
bombing of their country and illegal occupation by foreign forces.

All this so that the US could dip into the huge oil reserves of Iraq to feed the increasing
oil-dependency of its citizens. All this by misling Americans and the world that somehow
Saddam Hussein was responsible for 9/11 and could wreak more havoc on the world in
general and the US in particular with the WMDs that he is in posession of. Even when
the whole world knew this to be untrue, the US and UK went ahead with their plan of
bombing Iraq to dust and even after 3 years, there is no sign of any WMDs.

And BTW, most dictatorships have always been armed by the US, to further its aims
or to have an ally in its erstwhile war with Russia. So, even if Saddam had any WMDs,
it would have been supplied by the US only. What a big joke. You supply a dictator
with WMDs so that he can wreak havoc on his enemy countries or even his subjects
and then later you accuse him of having WMDs which you sold him in the first place.

I am pretty sure that India will not benefit as much as the US from this much hyped
nuclear treaty. We could be lucky if we even get a 25% benefit for every 75% benefit
the US gains from this treaty. And, as history has proved time and again, while we
will be expected to keep our end of the treaty, do not even in your wildest dreams
expect the US to keep its word as we go down the line.

Till the Prime Minister briefs Parliament and we see the fine print of the treaty, all we
can do is keep our fingers crossed.