Australia to sell uranium to India

[MidGe]

Great answer, thanks Josem. I think I can see where our difference of opinion comes from.

I would rate Australia just of a 5, slightly ahead of the US but probably 2 ahead of India, and a smidgen more to Pakistan, and a bit more again to Iran.

I would put Switzerland, first at 6.5 or 7. I would put Denmark, Norway, Sweden ahead of Australia (say 5.5 or 6). Bear in mind that we mentioned democracy and progressiveness. I may put India just ahead of Australia for democracy, but not, by a long way, for progressiveness.

I am understanding where you come from, we obviously have different values! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Josem]

progressiveness, of course, is a bit amorphous, but i reckon the gap between switzerland and australia has got to be massively smaller than the gap between australia and pakistan.


of course, there's no right/wrong answer, so it's just a value judgement.

[Kaj]

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An Iranian bomb means the end of the NPT.

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What is so sacred about the NPT or any other treaty amongst sovereign nations who are free to disregard any treaty when it no longer suits their interests?

[Kaj]

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That would seem remarkably unlikely - India is a fairly stable democracy, while Pakistan is a dictatorship with far less reliability, I imagine.

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Ironically, America is the loudest country today discussing the possible preemptive use of nukes should its interests dictate.

[daryn]

wow i thought for once i'd see a midge post that didn't mention the US

[MidGe]

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wow i thought for once i'd see a midge post that didn't mention the US

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They are plenty of those, daryn. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Unfortunately there are far more world-wide consequences to political action by the US, than by NZ or Fiji, for instance, not meaning ro single out specific countries! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]