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Заявление Бхаратия джаната парти о политике в отношении ядерного
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http://www.bjp.org/major/nuclrkb-1.html
Policy On Major Issues:
Nuclear Issue
by Dr. Krishna M. Bhatta
Dr. Mahesh Mehta
We have described in the previous articles how Hindutva is our forgotten
identity and Swadeshi our lost pride. We have also touched the point how
economic independence and good quality of Swadeshi products will help
re-establish our lost pride. However no country can maintain its pride
without a strong defense (suraksha). We have tasted the bitterness of not
having a strong defense and a national unity in our past, as recently as in
Nehru's time when we had a war with China. Today, we will examine
Bharatiya Janata Party^"s views on the so important nuclear policy.
The BJP shall not compromise on national sovereignty and security. The
current situation and regional war politics demand us to have a nuclear
weapons program in India and the BJP party will take India to be a
nuclear power. We do not wish to see India blown apart by Pakistan or
China because we did not posses the deterrent nuclear power.
We, do however, believe in a comprehensive, universal and a
non-discriminatory treaty of non-proliferation. We are also willing to
explore the articulation of "no first use" statement. We will not be
pressurized into signing a discriminatory treaty that is not in our national
interest.
The congress party has the weak position on the nuclear policy of keeping
options open. Where has this policy taken us. Internationally, we have
been continually defending against having to sign on the Non
proliferation treaty (NPT). We are under constant pressure of having to
sign this treaty and sometimes claim victory by resisting to sign the treaty.
Countries like the USA have shied from our friendship because of this
sticking point. Some people don't even believe us on the point that we
do not have nuclear weapons. After all recent admission by the previous
Pakistan prime minister about Pakistan having nuclear capability has
made world to rethink whether India and Pakistan are nuclear threshold
countries or do they really have it.
The BJP does not want to keep anybody in the dark. We do believe in
making India strong and be able to maintain peace in the region. With
China and Pakistan having nuclear capabilities, India has to have nuclear
weapons. Once we have the nuclear capabilities then it will be easy for
us to sign a non proliferation treaty. Now we will examine in detail how
we reach to the conclusion that India needs to have nuclear capabilities.
We will need to go back in time and examine how other countries have
acted when they decided to go nuclear.
At the center of the whole nuclear issue lies the longing of world peace.
The reason given for its very existence was that existence of the nuclear
arsenal will help in prevailing peace in the world. To a large extent it has
proved to be true so far. The possibility of a third world war looks remote
at the moment. However, we as the world have at present got capability
of destroying the whole world several times over; thanks to the existence
of nuclear destructive capability, most of which lies in the hands of Russia
and the USA. We all have heard or visualized on the television the horrors
of atomic bomb explosion in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. USA is the only
country which has used this weapon in the history so far and rightly so is
worried about its ever being used again by any body in the whole
universe. Therefore, it argues for a treaty for non proliferation of nuclear
bombs. The real question, however, is whether or not we need such
weapons of mass destruction of whose devastation we have all seen? In
fact the bombs that were used in Hiroshima and Nagasaki were much less
powerful than what we have available today.
Does BJP believe in Peace. The answer is an emphatic yes. India has
always been a proponent for peace. All our ancient literature (shastra)
start and end with Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti. We do, however, say that
we do not believe in peace at any cost. More important to us than peace
is dharma and truth. More than likely , a deliberate de-arming occurred in
Indian subcontinent after the Mahabharata when high technology was
abandoned. We will fully support and comply with any plans to a nuclear
abolition policy.
The treaty that is being touted most is a cut off treaty. This proposes
capping of any further nuclear development. We have to look at it
carefully. Who benefits from this treaty. Is it aimed at protecting the world
or keeping the power with whom it already exists with. Does it provide
undue advantage to our neighbors so much so that it will turn the balance
of power and challenge the very peace that we hope to continue with our
neighboring countries.
Let's look at the origin and development of the nuclear energy. Richard
Rhodes has written a book called "The making of the Atomic Bomb".
Alexander Sachs an economist born in Russia and eventually educated at
Harvard took a presentation to Franklin Roosevelt the then American
President on October 11, 1939. He took the famous letter from Albert
Einstein which eventually led to the production of the Atomic bomb.
Germany had already invaded Poland and widespread bombing was
occurring. Roosevelt had appealed to the belligerent to refrain from
bombing civilian population on September 1. He said "No theory of war
can justify such conduct". As expected, Great Britain agreed the same
day; even Germany, which was busy bombing Warsaw, concurred on
September 18. It is interesting to note the remarks made in the book
which says: "Bombing was bad because it was enemy bombing" and
the fact that the president had asked the congress to increase funds for
long range bombers nine months before. It is interesting to note what is
happening now. Over 40 years later the same group has been not only
using aerial bombing, but have gone one step further. Unmanned cruise
missiles are being launched from a distance. The argument now is to save
lives of their own soldiers. War is no more a human affair, it is a video
game. As if 100,000 people who died in Iraq had all been with Saddam
Hussein. We are not trying to say that Hitler was right or the west is wrong,
but, the point is that India has to work for what is in its interest. Even if
India signs a non-proliferation treaty, the credit will be of the US
president. The person who signs the treaty may sell his country but will
probably win a Nobel peace prize for the deal.
Coming back to the meeting of Alexander Sachs with FDR on the 11 th of
October, he emphasized power production first, radio active materials for
medical use second and bombs of hitherto unenvisaged potency and
scope third. Quoting from the book directly regarding the response of the
president:
"Alex," said Roosevelt, quickly understanding, "what you are after is to
see that the Nazis don't blow us up." "Precisely," Sachs said.
Roosevelt understood the then situation of horror of what could have
happened if Hitler's Germany got the bomb first and the urgency and
need to develop such a weapon became paramount to him. It was at that
time in the interest of the USA to do so. Since then much has happened.
Several countries have nuclear capabilities which include two of India's
neighbors, China and Pakistan. Nehru tried supremacy without power and
we all learned a lesson from China then. In the view of the BJP India has
to have nuclear weapons to prevent itself from the probability of getting
blown up. India understands its problems much more than some other
country which proposes a treaty that is discriminatory.
It has to
1. explain and convince the regional situation to the world but most
importantly
2. not succumb to pressures from within or without, which may threaten
the sovereignty of the nation. Our intentions must be clear to us and then
we must make it clear to the world. We, however, would sign a no first
use treaty and comply with any non discriminatory treaty.
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