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The worlds largest democracy ,India is known not only for the freedom of its people including a free press but also for its stand for its soveriegnity in international matters . And generally it takes decisions based on the facts at hand rather than favouritism for any country big or small . Even in matters of nuclear capability india didnt sign any treaties which affect its nuclear programs . For as a country, it believes nuclear capability whether civilian or military should be decided by the corresponding country not external forces .
This news item is puzzling to say the least . Iran as a country has many allegations against it including human rights violations issues . But the current sanctions asked by the US is not because of any of those . It is because US is suspecting they are developing nuclear weapon program while iran is saying it is for civilian purpose like electricity .
There are many hypocritical elements in this .
1. U.S is the world leader in nuclear weapons . Any quick search on the wikipedia shows it has a nuclear weapon stockpile which can destroy the world 10 times over . While asking other countries including india to sign the nuclear non proliferation treaty it has kept its nuclear arsenal intact .And last but not the least it is the only country which has used nuclear bomb on civilians not once but twice . In the history books we have read about nuclear bombs dropped at Hiroshima and ....... Nagasaki . Dropping nuclear weapons on civilians is a crime and doing it twice is a crime beyond comprehension . Why was the second nuclear bomb dropped ? Anyways the same country is asking sanctions against a country by neutral countries like India , China ...
2. Iran is not known nowadays for the best reasons . They have human rights violations issues alleged against them under the current regime . But US didnt ask for these much sanctions when human rights were abused in that country but now that they are going nuclear US interests are threatened and therefore suddenly sanctions are cried for . When millions of people were killed under Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia or when genocide occured in Rwanda , this much sanctions against those countries were not there . Is there self interest here or international interest ?
Let Iran and US decide their political problems . India , China should not be dragged into these petty problems especially when both sides dont have a clean slate ..
The worlds largest democracy ,India is known not only for the freedom of its people including a free press but also for its stand for its soveriegnity in international matters . And generally it takes decisions based on the facts at hand rather than favouritism for any country big or small . Even in matters of nuclear capability india didnt sign any treaties which affect its nuclear programs . For as a country, it believes nuclear capability whether civilian or military should be decided by the corresponding country not external forces .
This news item is puzzling to say the least . Iran as a country has many allegations against it including human rights violations issues . But the current sanctions asked by the US is not because of any of those . It is because US is suspecting they are developing nuclear weapon program while iran is saying it is for civilian purpose like electricity .
There are many hypocritical elements in this .
1. U.S is the world leader in nuclear weapons . Any quick search on the wikipedia shows it has a nuclear weapon stockpile which can destroy the world 10 times over . While asking other countries including india to sign the nuclear non proliferation treaty it has kept its nuclear arsenal intact .And last but not the least it is the only country which has used nuclear bomb on civilians not once but twice . In the history books we have read about nuclear bombs dropped at Hiroshima and ....... Nagasaki . Dropping nuclear weapons on civilians is a crime and doing it twice is a crime beyond comprehension . Why was the second nuclear bomb dropped ? Anyways the same country is asking sanctions against a country by neutral countries like India , China ...
2. Iran is not known nowadays for the best reasons . They have human rights violations issues alleged against them under the current regime . But US didnt ask for these much sanctions when human rights were abused in that country but now that they are going nuclear US interests are threatened and therefore suddenly sanctions are cried for . When millions of people were killed under Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia or when genocide occured in Rwanda , this much sanctions against those countries were not there . Is there self interest here or international interest ?
Let Iran and US decide their political problems . India , China should not be dragged into these petty problems especially when both sides dont have a clean slate ..
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