The recently signed deal on Nuclear Assistance between India and USA is a huge failure of President Bush to tackle the real nuclear threats that we face. Bush has done what his all predecessors even his own father refused to do - break the US and international law to aid India's nuclear-weapons program. The deal was cooked by a handful of senior officials and never reviewed by the departments of State, Defense or Energy before it was announced. Congress was never consulted. This appears to be another give away to a foreign government and corporate interest of personal friends of President Bush and Vice President Cheney at the expense of US national-security interests. Underlying the Bush administrations strategic embrace of India is the democratic peace theorythe premise that democracies dont go to war with each other. In fact, the nation with by far the most military interventions since World War II has been a liberal democracythe United States. The only hope is now to see that the US Congress would be able to block the deal. Given the bilateral nature of the deal, Pakistan could have a similar arrangement with China and we can see another Nuclear Arms race in subcontinent.

Technology, Internet and the development of science has made the world a better and a smaller place today. The pace of evolving technology has made us more interconnected and interdependent for needs of commerce, trade and eventually for our survival. The last 2 decades have seen unprecedented development and the next few will bring in something we cannot foresee today. In this world of constructive development, it is very important and relevant that our governments make decisions that are more constructive and do well not only to their own citizens but to all mankind. Human race has been seem to be most co-operative and communicative in face of earth shattering disasters and mishaps, which gives rise to more hope. In view of these facts, it is very important that all governments and leaders listen to the common voices of their people, instead to taking partial and myopic steps especially in regard to issues as important as nuclear weapons and wars.

On Nuclear Weapons, all mankind, as one, has taken a decision to eradicate them. So on what grounds do our governments can decide against the will of their people? The decision by President Bush to get into a treaty with Indian government will be laying the ground work for another arms race as a perilous affair as far as the future of the world is concerned. The Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) signatories and US Congress will need to react to this quickly and effectively remembering their obligations to the future generation and to the whole world community to decommission all nuclear weapons and make the world a safer place. The beginning of another nuclear arms race, perpetrated by the Bush Administration will only increase the risk of proliferation in the near future, which will leave an endangered legacy to our children and grandchildren, if we are not already doing so, by appending valuable money towards the development of weapons of mass destruction instead of elevating the downtrodden. The responsibility of any and all our governments is not limited only to their citizens, but to humanity as a whole.

American people and US Congress needs to do a little soul searching in light of President Bushs announcement of the deal with India. As a sole surviving super power, is America taking care of the good of the world? Is it fulfilling its responsibilities as a sole super power? Is it setting the right precedent to other nations, ethically and morally? Is it telling the world, that a country can break international laws at its whims and fancies? America is fighting terrorism, but is it not creating an environment suitable for fighting terrorism through its lopsided foreign policy? Is America making the world a better place or a more dangerous place to live in?

Every human being on the planet has a right to be free from poverty and fear especially the fear of nuclear weapons. Can the recourses allocated towards creating a nuclear arsenal be diverted and used to create better facilities for health care, shelter and education in addition to the providing the basic amenities and necessities that facilitate normal, dignified human life for everyone?

I am of the firm and unshakeable belief that every human being has the right to a nuclear free existence and in asserting the same we can safely affirm that we have chosen to lead our lives together, as one big human family and friends, and not be foolish enough to die together because of a nuclear holocaust.