[Jimmy Carter's critique of the US-India nuclear deal points to major flaws in Bush-administration policies destructive of the nonproliferation regime. Directed toward building US Congressional and public opposition to the nuclear deal, it ignores other critical elements at stake. The central point elided here is the failure of the US above all, but all other nuclear powers as well, to honor their own part of the NPT agreement: this requires that they move expeditiously to reduce and ultimately eliminate all nuclear weapons. Instead, the US is embarked on building and testing a new generation of nuclear weapons and extending its nuclear reach to outer space. MS]