This is a big deal for Pakistan. If an exception is to be made for India, it should be made for Pakistan, as well. That's Pakistan's position.

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Significantly improved ties are being forged without having to relax existing rules to prevent proliferation. So why has the administration proposed to weaken these rules?

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If the prime minister of Pakistan does not test, he is viewed within the country as selling out national security for Uncle Sam and the International Monetary Fund. And if he does test, then the country's economic straits, which are very severe ... will grow worse.

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[However, naysayers are warning that the major shift envisaged by the Joint Declaration,] If implemented, would result in new rules of global nuclear commerce that the Bush administration has previously opposed, ... Is the US-India Nuclear Cooperation Good or Bad for Proliferation?

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I would guess he'd say something like 'You're heading toward an abyss and you need to do something about it,'.

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Iran is a much tougher climb diplomatically [than North Korea].

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This is a very serious competition. If present trends continue, India and Pakistan could very well have greater nuclear capabilities than France and Great Britain, looking down the road.

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After 300 years of colonial rule, India will not follow the beat of a distant drummer, nor accept a junior partnership to Washington.

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At a time when Washington is pushing hard to toughen requirements for nuclear commerce to states that have pledged not to acquire nuclear weapons or appear to be seeking them, does it make sense to relax requirements on states that have nuclear weapons?

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