10thzodiac
09-20-06, 09:12 AM
The Senate may vote any day on whether to approve a deal signed between the United States and India which would give India access to U.S. nuclear technology, in spite of the fact that India has nuclear weapons.
George W. Bush wants Congress to approve the deal by voting for S.3709 despite India's clandestine development of nuclear weapons and its nuclear weapons tests.
Please consider if you feel motivated to:
Tell the Senate to change the agreement or just say no. (http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=190211338&url_num=1&url=http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/clw/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=5217)
Although American and Indian leaders agreed to the deal earlier last year without consulting Congress, Congress must act to change long-standing U.S. laws in order for the agreement to go into effect.
As but one group of activists, the Council for a Livable World opposes this deal because it undermines cooperative global efforts to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
Even as the President spoke at the United Nations about proliferation concerns in Iran and other countries, he was asking Congress to approve this deal which will only encourage proliferation.
The U.S. should strengthen ties with India through expanded cooperation in trade, scientific and medical research, energy technology, education, and humanitarian relief, but we should not expand nuclear cooperation if it comes at the expense of efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.
Please consider telling the Senate that this deal goes too far. (http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=190211338&url_num=2&url=http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/clw/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=5217)
If the deal is approved in its current form, it could severely damage the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. India has refused to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, has detonated nuclear bombs, and refuses to accept International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards over all of its nuclear facilities. India also refuses to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and to stop producing nuclear material for its expanding arsenal as the five recognized nuclear weapon states have done.
If the U.S. ships nuclear fuel to India, India could use its scarce uranium reserves to increase its nuclear weapons output from less than ten weapons per year to 50 per year. The proposal would implicitly endorse India's nuclear arsenal and encourage an Asian arms race.
Congress can still make changes to the deal, however. Senators are expected to introduce amendments that would establish a set of tough, but reasonable conditions that a country like India must meet to become eligible for civilian nuclear trade with the United States. These include halting the production of highly enriched uranium and plutonium for nuclear weapons, and making a binding commitment not to conduct nuclear tests.
George W. Bush wants Congress to approve the deal by voting for S.3709 despite India's clandestine development of nuclear weapons and its nuclear weapons tests.
Please consider if you feel motivated to:
Tell the Senate to change the agreement or just say no. (http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=190211338&url_num=1&url=http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/clw/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=5217)
Although American and Indian leaders agreed to the deal earlier last year without consulting Congress, Congress must act to change long-standing U.S. laws in order for the agreement to go into effect.
As but one group of activists, the Council for a Livable World opposes this deal because it undermines cooperative global efforts to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
Even as the President spoke at the United Nations about proliferation concerns in Iran and other countries, he was asking Congress to approve this deal which will only encourage proliferation.
The U.S. should strengthen ties with India through expanded cooperation in trade, scientific and medical research, energy technology, education, and humanitarian relief, but we should not expand nuclear cooperation if it comes at the expense of efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.
Please consider telling the Senate that this deal goes too far. (http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=190211338&url_num=2&url=http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/clw/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=5217)
If the deal is approved in its current form, it could severely damage the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. India has refused to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, has detonated nuclear bombs, and refuses to accept International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards over all of its nuclear facilities. India also refuses to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and to stop producing nuclear material for its expanding arsenal as the five recognized nuclear weapon states have done.
If the U.S. ships nuclear fuel to India, India could use its scarce uranium reserves to increase its nuclear weapons output from less than ten weapons per year to 50 per year. The proposal would implicitly endorse India's nuclear arsenal and encourage an Asian arms race.
Congress can still make changes to the deal, however. Senators are expected to introduce amendments that would establish a set of tough, but reasonable conditions that a country like India must meet to become eligible for civilian nuclear trade with the United States. These include halting the production of highly enriched uranium and plutonium for nuclear weapons, and making a binding commitment not to conduct nuclear tests.