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For a Neighbor, a Worrisome Drama in Pakistan
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U.S. officials appear to believe that India will resolve its internal debate and approve the arrangement, which would supply it with American technology and materials for peaceful uses of atomic power while allowing it to retain its independent nuclear weapons program.
That trade-off has been controversial in the United States. Some in the Senate argued that the United States should not help India until it agrees to enter the nuclear nonproliferation compact. But commercial interests in both countries covet the agreement.
Still, trust in each other's motives is the underlying requirement -- the United States must trust that India will not brandish its bombs and India must trust that the United States will not exploit its economic muscle within India.
That trust is being tested as Indians look at the American reaction to Musharraf's coup. They would like to see America standing up for democracy.
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