The Crux of the Issue

"Under the 35-year-old, 188-nation treaty, which is reviewed every five years, those without nuclear weapons pledge not to pursue them, in exchange for a commitment by five nuclear-weapons states - the United States, Russia, Britain, France and China - to negotiate toward getting rid of them."

US Chided...

If the Weapons State (which includes India, Pakistan and Israel who have refused to sign the Non Proliferation Treaty) do not do good on their pledge to get rid of their weapons, is there a surprise that other states, including those who are not very friendly toward the US decide to move toward acquiring their weapons? This is elementary logic which this Administration seems not willing to understand.