Nuclear trade ban lifted for India.

US now able to sell billions' worth of nuclear weapons and materials to India. Just forget the fact that India isn't part of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, created to halt the spread of nuclear weapons to the black market. Who needs life when you've got money?

Anyway, 45 nations approved this deal, and if you're wondering why they acted so irresponsibly:

A European diplomat in the Vienna gathering said: "For the first time in my experience of international diplomatic negotiations, a consensus decision was followed by complete silence in the room. No clapping, nothing.

"It showed a lot of us felt pressured to some extent into a decision by the Americans and few were totally satisfied."

And you have to love Condoleezza Rice's Orweillian soundbite:

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said: "It's a really very big step forward for the non-proliferation framework."