TO SIGN OR NOT TO SIGN
THE CTBT TREATY
By S.P. Attri (USA)
October 3, 1998
1. While inaugurating a bridge
named "Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Bridge" in
Gandhinagar the other day, Shri L.K. Advani rightfully denounced
the US for its usage of the double standard in fighting terrorism,
especially in its usage of the cruise missiles. Asks Shri Advani,"
How can you do something and we cannot do it?" Is it not
double standard on your part? Very definitely it is!
Telling India not to go in hot pursuit of terrorists inside POK is
US way of showing double standard to and of doing dis-esteem to
India. The correct Indian approach is "not to accept this
double standard" and to let one and all know its position
clearly and to spell out unambiguously that Hindu life is not any
cheaper than the American life.
2. While the West has set its hand and seal on the hiss and hoot
of these fraudulent double-standards, we Hindus continue to be the
victims of Islamic/Paki terrorism and proxy wars that are being
waged against us. Hindu life is being disrespected and disregarded
and the West has turned its back on the Hindus and forgotten them
altogether. In view of this dishonor and desecration, India has
the right to take any and all steps that are necessary for the
security of its nation and citizens. India does not have to drag
itself in the mud to please the International Community (
especially of the West) and to accept the complete myth that
"only the US has the Exclusive Right to combat global
terrorism and only the US is the Global Terrorism- Control Traffic
Police-man."
3. The loss of tens of thousands of Hindu lives in Kashmir has not
evoked the smallest concern or grief of either the US or the
Western nations. In general, the US is not keen on waging war on
terrorists at all, only when American lives are lost, such as at
Nairobi & Dar-Es-Salaam recently. Yet the US expects the rest
of the world to give a nod of approbation to its actions. The US
has shown no interest or willingness to wage wars ( including the
usage of cruise missiles) on "terrorism in general"
irrespective of the nationality of its victims. This
highly-selective US action is based on "double
standards." India needs to understand quickly how this
double-standard is applied.
4. Another disturbing area of import is the attempt of US and
other Western Powers to cut India to size. An example of this was
reduced to demonstration soon after the Pokhran tests, when the US
scientists bacame so mad that many of them, in matter of plain
speaking, began to say that Pakistani weapons and missiles were
much more advanced than the Indian ones. Is there any truthfulness
or worthiness or purpose in such sheer sham statements? Yes, there
is.
The truth is that the Indians slapped their faces and fully
foiled their detection attempts, from head to foot, despite their
costly satellite detection system, on which they spent 24 billion
dollars, and are now having a "grapes are sour" attitude
and are busy trying to run India down through their "garbage
seismic analysis."
So what is at the back of their mind? It is simply this that they
(the US) want to put Pakistan in the same league as India, a game
that they have been playing futily with the fusillade of
frustration, for the last 51 years. Does this US attitude help
Pakistan at all? It certainly does. How? Pakistan loses nothing
from this artificial heaving and hoisting of its technological
position, in fact its status is enhanced while that of India is
diminished through these nefarious garbage analyses of the US
scientific communities. The real reflective question is: Does
India need a certificate of nuclear competence from any US
scientific group or community? Hardly!
Simply stated, the important thing to remember is simply this that
human beings in the US scientific community have an endless
capacity to generate and talk crap, through tons of garbage
analysis of their seismic data, in an attempt to discredit India's
credibility as a Nuclear Weapons State.
5. The US's Misdirected Policy:
Does the US realize at all the monster that it is creating in
helping Communist China?
It sure does not nor does it even reflect that it needs India more
than the other way around. At this particular moment of time, the
US badly needs for India to sign the CTBT Treaty. As far as India
is concerned, there is really no need or urgency for India to sign
unless India is recognized and treated as a full-fledged N-Weapons
Power. Of course, Pakistan needs to sign now because it is hurting
under the sanctions but such is not the case with India. India
needs to rub it in the US psyche that Pakis are not their equals.
They need to rub it in the Paki nose that they are in a different
league and should stop dreaming to be our equals. Same message
should be rubbed into the rest of the West that they should
abandon their futile and fruitless effort to regard and treat
Pakistan as our equal.
To drive home this point in an artful manner, every time Clinton
or Madam Albright open their mouth with some stupid comment on
Kashmir or Pakistan, we should test some new missile or deploy
another batch of Nuclear-tipped devices.
6. The economies of Asia and Latin America at this time are weak.
The markets for US exports to these places are drying up and
hurting. In these economic circumstances, the US needs India far
more than the other way around. Such opportunities do not come our
way very often. Also Clinton Administration, that is beset with
scandals, is weak. Unless we get everything i.e. the removal of
all sanctions, export of dual-use technologies, and data on
computer simulation of nuclear tests etc etc, we should not sign
the CTBT. If any correlative rewards are offered to Pakistan for
our signing of CTBT, we should demand the removal of such
correlative rewards. Under no circumstances, should we ever accept
the treatment of Pakistan on a parity basis between India and
Pakistan. We have accepted this parity for 50 years but no more.
The CTBT Treaty is our trump card and the CTBT Treaty cannot come
into force until we (India) sign it and US really and badly needs
this treaty. So we should hold off on this treaty for a long long
time. The more we hold off, the greater grows our bargaining
position. Further, all the opposition parties in India are against
signing the CTBT Treaty. So there is no internal compulsion to
hurry things along.
The CTBT Treaty is the Magnus Opus of Clinton's Foreign Policy, it
behooves us to hold off on it until we get each and everything
that we can get out of it and for it. There is no reason to hurry
at all.
7. Don't forget that we also need a Security Council Seat which we
deserve and are being denied. We need a guarantee of this seat
soon. Clinton has been the most anti-India president since Nixon
and we don't owe him any favor. In truth of the matter, our
defense is our own business and our own responsibility. If we are
negligent in this area, we are the ones who get killed, not
Clinton nor any other American. Western leaders can shout off
their lungs and scream as much as they want but we shoud stay the
course. May be in time, the Western leaders will take our security
concerns more seriously. The Indian Nuclear-holdout must continue
until we are satisfied that the West's attitude has really
changed. Backing down now will give the impression that we are
admitting our mistake. We cannot trust America too much or too
far. We would be better off having America at a respectable
distance. A strong Indian Nuclear and Missile Program is the best
deterrent. Keeping the world guessing is the best way for India to
get some respect.
8. The West does not give half a hoot for us Indians. Why should
we give two hoots for what the West thinks of us. The West's view
of any country changes according to their perception of the
World's "Market Opportunity." If our Indian Markets
become lucrative enough, India could get away with a lot more than
Hitler ever did.
Besides, to sign the CTBT, which is an unequal treaty, would be to
perpetuate the nuclear apartheid. As long as the West treats India
as an unequal partner, we should reject any such discriminatory
treaty. India has to stand firm and totally reject any such
garbage that the West keeps throwing at India. What are the
rewards for capitulating to the West? More junk from their
manufacturers who are desperate and hungry for our markets but
wish to prevent us from becoming self-sufficient and they continue
to equate us with Pakistan. To be equated with the evil regime of
Pakistan is a gross insult.
As explained earlier, the West maintains a double standard. The
West and the US accept TIBET as an integral part of China but
regard "Kashmir" as a disputed territory. This is
Self-Speak for a double-standard. The West and the US make rules
that best serve their interests. We Indians are the victims of the
Fanatic Moslems and the Double-Standard Practitioners of the West
and the US.
9. Since 1945, the US has, on an average, conducted one nuclear
test every 17 days. A few Indian tests do not fulfill all
requirements. How much deterrence can be acquired by one
thermo-nuclear weapon test? One does not become World Power by
picking up crumbs from the floor. One needs to be strong either to
grab the entire toast or be invited to share at the Dinner Table.
Learn this secret from China and Israel. India should wait until
this happens.
We do not need any advice from Paki Pigs or from Chinese
Chopsticks because survival is the first law of any society. That
is the reason why we need to conduct more Nuke tests and forget
about signing the CTBT. Any other alternative would not help
millions of Indians go to bed peacefully.
Arise Hindus!
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