TO SIGN OR NOT TO SIGN THE CTBT TREATY
By S.P. Attri (USA)

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.

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