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Feb 3, 2007, 17:30 GMT
Iran opens gates of nuclear site for escaping UN sanctions
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They opened the gates...what a relief. I guess all that silly talk about plutonium is over...
Tick Tock.
I hope with all of my might that Iran gets nuclear weapons before the neocrazies attack them. That is the only hope of Iran or any country.
Perhaps N. Korea should make some technology transfer to Iran, and soon!
I'm still waiting for someone to explain to me why Iran needs to be able to enrich uranium for its 'peaceful' nuclear program. Several countries have agreed to supply peaceful grade enriched uranium for its nuclear power needs. Instead, it insists on enriching its own while importing 60% of its gasoline because it can't refine oil; that's a bit like a cattle farmer that has to buy fertilizer. President Iminajihad is quite a showman but if you look closely when the smoke clears, all you see is a little monkey with manure coming out of his mouth.
The ball is in the other court now because Israel has never signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
This means that it is not subject to inspections and the threat of sanctions by the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The extent of Israel's nuclear capability has been the subject of often wildly inaccurate intelligence estimates since the 1960s, when the country's nuclear reactor, at Dimona in the Negev desert, came online.
The shrouds of secrecy have lifted only once, in the mid-1980s, when a former worker at the plant, Mordechai Vanunu, gave a British newspaper descriptions and photographs of Israeli nuclear warheads.
Vanunu's evidence led to a sharp upwards revision of the number of nuclear warheads Israel was believed to possess - to at least 100 - and possibly as many as 200.
So if Iran is willing to allow the IAEA free access WHY DOSN'T ISRAEL DO THE SAME??????????
90% of Iran's population can be wiped out by less than 1/10th of a percent of the active U.S. Nukes.
0% of the U.S. Population can be wiped out by 100% of Iran's [nonexistent] Nukes.
Interesting.
I can almost hear the Iranians saying 'quick clean up this one, their coming' and 'take the fins off it and we can tell em its a trash can'.
Hey Frank,
Nice try, but we're talking about Iran here, not Israel.
Hey Lance,
Nice try, but we're talking about Iran here, not the US.
Either of you weapons experts want to tell me why Iran needs to enrich its own uranium in order to have a 'peaceful' nuclear program? Anyone want to take a stab at why this is more important than being able to refine their own oil into gasoline? I would have thought that a peaceful energy program would include importing enriched uranium that can be used to fuel a power plant now along with building refinery capability to reduce thier dependence on imported gasoline. I would really appreciate it if you guys could fill in the blanks for me.
highseasdrifter - 'Either of you weapons experts want to tell me why Iran needs to enrich its own uranium in order to have a 'peaceful' nuclear program?'
highseasdrifter: It's so obvious it isn't funny. Iran does it for the same reason the US and Russia stockpile more Nukes than they could possibly use: World Domination. Nukes are equivalent to negotiation power. But, the reality is that it takes decades to get there and while the U.S. and Russia are mature Nuke powers with plenty of ICBMs, the fact is Iran is a newcomer with NO inter-continental potential and nearly no weapon grade Nuke capability in any substantive quantity. Bush is throwing a tantrum because he wants the control and doesn't want to share it with anyone that doesn't play nice with him and suck up to him. Iran has potential, but that is different from having Nukes. Just the potential is enough to send Bush into a fit.
People do the same thing in small town America ... no guy actually needs a Lamborghini, but everyone wants one because they can pick up hot chicks in it and impress their beer drinking and football watching guy buddies with their (alleged) spending power. Same thing with a 50inch Plasma HDTV.
highseasdrifter: To carry the metaphor forward: If one of your neighbors gets a Lamborghini and you think they are going to drive crazy and run over one of your kids, then this is what you have to do: SHUT UP; unless you have very substantive factual information that you can take to the police. The law give you no right to take the Lamborghini away from your neighbor, unless your neighbor uses it as a weapon. I wouldn't recommend anyone actually get a Lamborghini because they are a target of thieves and con artists, plus the stick shift knob always get ripped off; and there are always people nagging that the Lamborghini is a waste of money, that you don't need it, that you just have it for power and to pick up chicks and on and on.
But, if your neighbor gets a Lamborghini and attracts your wife with it, then one strategy would be for you to get a Lamborghini and return the favor; if that is a game you want to play.
It is all just a game.
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