Заявление Бхаратия джаната парти о политике в отношении ядерного оружия.

 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.