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by Pat LaMarche
To the best of my knowledge from information gleaned from internet data sources, there are three countries that have not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). They are India, Pakistan and Israel. One additional country — North Korea — withdrew in 2003 after being a signatory for 18 years.
Iran signed in 1968 and ratified the treaty in 1970. In light of their alleged insistence on starting a nuclear weapons program, some might say that the treaty is a joke. I’d agree to the farcical nature of the document, but not because of Iran’s actions — although hat’s off to the North Koreans for withdrawing publicly in the face of being labeled by George W. Bush as members of the Axis of Evil.
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