Andrew asks:

Which ally violates the Non-Proliferation treaty and manages to get its super-power protector to maintain total silence on this glaring fact?

Technically, states that don’t accept the NPT can’t be in violation of it. They have not committed to reject the development of nuclear weapons, and they are under no obligation to submit to inspections. India and Pakistan also belong to the same category. The problem is not so much that Washington ignores this, but that it makes proliferation the overriding issue in its relations with other states, including states that do accept the NPT. Obviously, the double standard is that the U.S. makes no demands on the allied nuclear-weapons states regarding their nuclear materials, but then becomes furious when Iran starts up a few centrifuges. If the U.S. were as indifferent to Iran’s nuclear program as it is to Israel’s nuclear arsenal, things would be a bit more balanced.