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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=174511
Why Are Iran and Syria Still Members in Good Standing at the NPT Conference?
(Jerusalem Post) Ephraim Asculai - Two major events have shaken the non-proliferation regime since the previous Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty review conference in 2005: the confirmation of Iran's military nuclear ambitions and the destruction of Syria's reactor at Al-Kibar two years ago. Syria's refusal to allow the IAEA to inspect additional sites suspected of being connected to a nuclear project only aggravates the suspicions that Syria was developing nuclear weapons. Yet Iran and Syria will take their place at the NPT meeting as if nothing happened, considering themselves to be members of the NPT in good standing. Why should they be permitted to go on with the sham of proper NPT membership? Why should they not be relegated to a suspended, or at least observer, status at the review conference? The writer is a senior research associate at Tel Aviv University's Institute for National Security Studies.