Well if a slap is involved here I guess its on India's face.Its not even been 3 weeks since the agreement was signed where the Administration agreed to find a cure for India's percieved Nuclear injustices and they are already back to the same kinda Jazz.
The supply by Russia is under the 'safety clause' i.e. if the fuel does not reach in time you might have a spectacular nuclear disaster. It was not intended as a blackmail I am sure. If US had supplied the fuel India would not have had to look elsewhere.
Ridiculous.
India isnt asking the Russians to come over. The Russians are asking to be let in.
Its no slap in the face.
Just because the US made a deal with India, it certainly doesnt mean that the rest of the world will let commercial opportunities go.
Can you hold a country responsible for people wanting to sell to it? The pulls and pressure of economics dictate that not just the Russians, but also the French are going to be running to sell whatever they can to India.
As to blackmail, where is the question? What blackmail? The Russians will do what the Russians will do.
Even If noone sold India nuclear technology, you will note in my previous post, that India already has nuclear technology.
And, its been building reactors on its own for 30 years. You will note that the US has NOT been building reactors for about the same corresponding period.
So where is the sense in the US losing this commercial and strategic opportunity?
And if we don't do the deal, India may begin dabbling more with the Chinese on economic deals and ignore America.