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To: JPR who wrote (6005)	8/27/1999 7:35:00 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 12475

Well, the good thing is, if India does sign the treaty, it can no longer indulge in nuclear Diwalis every time it finds that its internal troubles have gotten a wee bit out of hand. Not that the rabble-rousing would keep working every time anyway. We all have heard of the boy who cried "Wolf!" too many times, haven't we? Of course, the CTBT has a "supreme national interest" clause that permits withdrawal from the treaty. But it will be hard to sell "winning a few more seats in the coming elections", or "staying in power for a few more months" as being in the "supreme national interest" to anybody. Anybody other than those who think the world of saffron-langots, that is!<g>