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2003-06-02 Iran

Iran Says U.S. Should Help It Build Nuclear Plants

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Posted by Steve 2003-06-02 08:44 am|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Why of course! We use the 3ID to build nuclear plants all the time.

Posted by flash91 2003-06-02 09:18:56|| 2003-06-02 09:18:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Flash is on to something: we'll help build the reactors but we need the 3ID -- and the 4ID and the 101st and 82nd and a Marine division -- to guard it against saboteurs. Can't be too careful.

Posted by Steve White 2003-06-02 12:02:18|| 2003-06-02 12:02:18|| Front Page Top

#3 I'd take them up on it. Like LBJ used to say, "I'd rather be inside the tent pissing out then outside pissing in." It's not like they expect us to say yes.

Posted by tu3031 2003-06-02 13:10:00|| 2003-06-02 13:10:00|| Front Page Top

#4 The only reason I'm not all for this idea, is because the next Chickinshit administration to come down the line will pull out and give it to Iran, and the next thing you know, we don't have the Panama Canal any more.

Posted by Mike N. 2003-06-02 13:56:51|| 2003-06-02 13:56:51|| Front Page Top

#5 re the energy economics - not so simple
first of all yes the more oil you export, the more cash you can invest, but that offset by the substantial capital costs of the nuclear plant itself. Makes more sense not to build the nuke until youre relatively close to oil running out.

And note well - oil is relatively easy to ship - natural gas, a by product is VERY difficult - if you dont have a market within pipeline distance, you have to go to the trouble of liquifying it, using specially designed ships, etc. So what you want to do is export the oil, and use the natural gas domestically - which is what Saudi, iraq, and many other oil exporters do. So theres no real good economic/energy reason for the nuclear program. I think the real reason is clear enough, though.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-06-02 15:36:31|| 2003-06-02 15:36:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Let's just bomb these sites back to the consistency of the surrounding rocks.

Posted by Douglas De Bono 2003-06-02 16:17:52|| [www.douglasdebono.com] 2003-06-02 16:17:52|| Front Page Top

#7 When I was in college about 25 years ago, my best friend -- not Douglas De Bono -- seriously advocated bombing Iran back to dust. I thought he was a bit crazy. Now I'm not so sure he was wrong.

Posted by Tom 2003-06-02 21:03:15|| 2003-06-02 21:03:15|| Front Page Top

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