Economics should not trump ethical standards

This week Presindent Bush came to an agreement with the Prime minister of India to allow India into what the article calls, the "nuclear club." What this means is that India will be allowed access to nuclear technology of the United States. India hopes this will help lessing the energy crisis the country has been experiencing.

The flaw in this agreement is that President Bush left out a crutial safeguard called the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

The article points out the values of the agreement with India. This agreement opens up a great deal of jobs for the people of India. This increase in jobs will result in India being able to spend more money on American products. It is estimated that American corporations in India will florish with this agreement with the US.

The article also questions weither this is a good thing. Are we giving up safeties in order to obtain economic gain? If so, is giving up safeguards a thing we are willing to take a chance on? It seems to me that many post 911 Americans, and the current Bush administration would value the saftly of our country compaired to the possible economic gain in India. It cannot be argued that the US has a president that is fighting to bring democracy to the world at the cost of drastically increasing our national debt, and he stresses how inportant the protection of our nation is. For these reasons I would think the President would be more cautious when making agreements with other nations that could be seen as wise econmicly but unwise when considering safety.