India is surrounded by hostile forces and needs to balance the threat. Yeah, it’s MAD.
But that is the world we live in. So Russia, maybe China, Germany, France will all be happy to sell war materials to India. Not Obama? There are Moslem’s living in India to protect too.
China is the reason why Bush sought this nuke deal with India i.e to build up India as a counterweight to China.China still holds thousands of square kilometers of Indian territory & has Pakistan’s oldest ally.India’s nuke programme was started with China in mind.
About Russia,France,Israel etc they do sell weaponry to India .Even Poland used to sell more weaponry to India than the US till 2 years ago!!!This nuclear agreement with the US is about providing US technology & fuel for the Indian civilian programme which in effect, would recognise India as a nuclear state.In the 45 member Nuclear Suppliers Group,the US & China were the biggest opponents of removing sanctions on India till this agreement came about.If the Nuclear agreement got signed,it would also give the likes of France,Canada etc the green light for nuclear energy cooperation with India.