WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush on Monday froze a much vaunted US-Russian civilian nuclear pact in protest at Moscow's military moves in Georgia. The first casualty in recently touted cooperation among the former Cold War foes, the US-Russian deal to establish joint ventures and share peaceful nuclear technology has been pulled from consideration for now. full story here http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080908/pl_afp/georgiarussiaconflictusnucleardiplomacy_080908224240
It is interesting, but I don't think it will develop anymore tention. I think it is more of a "if you're not going to acknowledge it, then we won't either."
I agree with John Dingell on this one. We should not be giving up our technology in any long term deal. This is how the U.S gets into messes in the first place. We supply the technology and weapons and a few years down the road we are fighting those countries. This is a good move and hope that it stays froze.
allout, am I reading this wrong? I think the pact with Russia was one that would keep technology from spreading to other countries. Since Russia violated it via its support for the Iranian nuclear weapon programs it shows that they weren't honoring it. So, Bush suspended a pact that wasn't being obligated anyhow.
No, he froze it because of their invasion into Georgia. The agreement does not forbid either nation from sharing the technology with other countries. It is just an agreement for them to share with each other. It was hoped that they would not share with militant countries but not forbidden. Since the United States is more advanced in Nuclear technology, we would be basically giving away our knowledge. John Dingell, not bush, was the one concerned about Russia's support of Iran.