What's the difference between Iran and India?

India has the bomb and they've had for a while. With President Bush visiting the world's largest democracy, some have once more announced their displeasure about it.

Specifically, they're upset that the United States has signed off on agreement to now allow India to pursue civilian uses of Nuclear technology.

The reason, according to Al-Jazeera, is that "Some US experts feel that the deal sets a bad example for countries such as Iran and North Korea, which have signed the nuclear 1972 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), unlike New Delhi."

What are your thoughts?

Mine center around the fact that we should encourage India to look toward alternative engergy sources and that India, as a free-market democracy, gets a pass where totalitarian states like Iran and North Korea do not.

But again, what do you think?