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2005-11-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2005-11-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 You kwazy Mullahs! Of course we believe you only want nuclear technology for peaceful purposes - particularly for electrical generation. But why are youze guyz in such a hurry? You have, by several estimates, more than 50 years worth of proven petroleum reserves - and another 50 or more in potential reserves. One would think you'd indulge your peaceful nature and stop to smell the flowers while this international brouhaha thingy wears itself out.

There's no hurry, friends. Sit back, kick your curly-toed slippers off, loosen your turbans, and take a deep breath. Life is short, y'know? You'll see Allan soon enough. Peace, my brothers.

Posted by .com 2005-11-17 00:19|| 2005-11-17 00:19|| Front Page Top

#2 I'd like to see a covert destruction of the very substantial assets the MM's have built up (Allan be praised for his generosity), including all their homes, owned companies, vehicles, concubines, etc. The targets are so plenty, and they can't defend them all. Start a reign of terror among the terror-spreaders.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-11-17 00:28|| 2005-11-17 00:28|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm no fan of Iran's nuke program but we've got to stop relying on the argument that they have oil so don't need nuclear generating capacity. There is still a potential business case for a nuke plant when you have a growing industrializing country and you can sell the oil for $60 a barrel. If they had lots of coal this argument would make some sense and surely they should be using natural gas more.

The mullahs should not have nukes because they're crazy. That they have oil is not really relevant. Krazy Kimmie should not have nuke capacity either and his country is devoid of energy resources.

Posted by JAB 2005-11-17 07:55|| 2005-11-17 07:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Um, not relevant? Heh. That they have the incredible oil reserves and current capacity for retrieval and refining, at the price differential between market and cost of retrieval, etc, is what allows the mooks to shop for nuke tech and missile delivery components. That they are in such a hurry, given the reserves, makes a mockery of the entire Mullah position, as well, as I pointed out. So, um, yeah, I'm thinking it's relevant. Can't a guy have a little fun at the expense of such obvious asstards without getting whacked? Sheesh, lol.

Posted by .com 2005-11-17 09:35|| 2005-11-17 09:35|| Front Page Top

#5 No wacking. Their position is a joke.

My point is that, since our side has to debate credulous morons within our democracy in order to sell our aggressive policy, it's best to use strong arguements.

If Switzerland had as much oil and population growth as Iran, nobody would question them pursuing nuke generating capacity. The Norks badly need nuke power and have no oil yet we still justly seek to interfere with their program because they are also nuts.

Posted by JAB 2005-11-17 10:08|| 2005-11-17 10:08|| Front Page Top

#6 "...one unnamed diplomat..."

Proof Positive

Posted by DepotGuy 2005-11-17 10:19|| 2005-11-17 10:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Iran has huge oil reserves. They have plenty of gas to generate electricity. They put no funding into their infrastructure, witness the Bam Slam during an earthquake. Now they are into nukes. Their priorities are screwed up, and they have made threats of annhilation against the US and Israel. The MMs are actively involved in terrorism in Iraq and they are enabling Syrian dirty business. They need to be shut down or forced to pay the price for their mayhem.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-11-17 11:42|| 2005-11-17 11:42|| Front Page Top

#8 Iran Nuclear Plan 'Resumes Work'

Yeah, and I'm sure we'll be (or Israel) resuming "work" too soon, eh?

Posted by BA 2005-11-17 11:46|| 2005-11-17 11:46|| Front Page Top

#9 "The world is watching," said British Europe minister Douglas Alexander, representing the current British presidency of the EU at a debate on Iran at the European Parliament.

"Watching" doesn't mean diddly squat without any promise of swift and severe retribution in the event that a clandestine weapons program is uncovered.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-11-17 11:49|| 2005-11-17 11:49|| Front Page Top

#10 AP says even the Russians are pissed this time, though they wont go on record. The Iranians made this announcement days after the Russkies promised the Euros that Iran was cooperating, making the Russkies look pretty foolish. Hints that the Russkies might support a UNSC referral.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-11-17 16:34|| 2005-11-17 16:34|| Front Page Top

#11 on the economics question - the Iranians have not only oil, but natural gas in large quantities. Natural Gas is difficult and costly to transport, and if they foresee an energy crisis at home they should be focusing on using NG. Perhaps you can still make a cost benefit case for nuclear power, but its hard to see that its worth the turmoil they have created if all they want is a power source - especially since they could avoid most of the turmoil by not insisting on conversion.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-11-17 16:38|| 2005-11-17 16:38|| Front Page Top

#12 The leadership of Iran must be head cases. Clearly they don't fully understand the risks of joining the nuclear club and saber rattling.

Posted by John Q. Citizen 2005-11-17 18:18|| 2005-11-17 18:18|| Front Page Top

#13 But they do know that Allan is one their side and they are doing his work.

Posted by Spaling Clomble8854 2005-11-17 18:43|| 2005-11-17 18:43|| Front Page Top

#14 Anyone have the skinny on how the Iranian's Uranium Hexafluoride gas has proven to be of bad quality (low purity and contaminants)? This cropped up in an article I read somewhere.

Most of all, will such contamination disable their centrifuges or lead to large batches of useless material? We can only hope.

Additionally, Frank's idea has a lot of merit. It's rather obvious that the mullahs do not lead anything approximating the austere and ascetic dogma they preach.

A relentless campaign of sabotage, financial interference and general mayhem with a tight focus on their elite circles might have a rather dissuasive effect. These hypocritical tyrants would get their turbans torqued if someone began to piss in their mint tea with alarming regularity.

As to the oil reserves issue. The solution is the same that should be offered to North Korea. Thorium reactor technology to generate all the electrical power they want without breeding up an atom of fissile material. Any other reactor technology should be bombed back to the stone age and have its rubble bounced once or thrice just to be sure.

Posted by Zenster 2005-11-17 20:50|| 2005-11-17 20:50|| Front Page Top

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