tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post3454696086883295198..comments2023-12-24T15:36:16.969-05:00Comments on Chuck for ...: Middle East BrinkmanshipChuck Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656874242638324636noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post-65516908436364829142007-02-23T15:52:00.000-05:002007-02-23T15:52:00.000-05:00It is important to distinguish between Al-Qaeda an...It is important to distinguish between Al-Qaeda and others. Iran doesn't have the least use for AQ, in fact would find them frightening with any power. The reason Iran backed the US play in Afghanistan was AQ.<BR/><BR/>There are "groups" who might find nukes a grand toy, governments with established population centers and infrastructure don't find them amusing or toy like. for instance, an Iranian supplied Hezbollah nuke attack would result in the glassification of the supplier. Not far up anyone's list of pastimes.<BR/><BR/>Unlike N Korea, Iran has a very safe revenue source, that can double as an economic weapon against developed countries. Sales of nukes is a hugely risky enterprise.Chuck Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656874242638324636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post-17601796141216112032007-02-23T15:41:00.000-05:002007-02-23T15:41:00.000-05:00The US needs to make it clear to Iran that nukes a...The US needs to make it clear to Iran that nukes are not in their security interests, that's not possible when Iran is looking at the US as a probable aggressor. Quite seriously, I see this whole mess as propaganda serving the interests of both and it will stay this way as long as it serves those interests.Chuck Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656874242638324636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post-43367443470099890942007-02-23T13:17:00.000-05:002007-02-23T13:17:00.000-05:00I think Iran is in the business of building an ars...I think Iran is in the business of building an arsenal of nukes, Plutonium, as I understand, is for making bombs, not power. Iran can make a lot of money selling nuke missiles to Al queda and like. North Korea is in the same business but now may be in the extortion biz. I would not be surprised if Israel would target Iran and we back their play. This way we are the " Good Guys".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post-12338451847471930642007-02-22T22:58:00.000-05:002007-02-22T22:58:00.000-05:00I think that the probably valid argument that nuke...I think that the probably valid argument that nuke reactors are good sense for a country that sells oil seems contradictory to people with smaller domestic supplies. The idea that there are varieties of uranium that aren't really bomb satisfactory doesn't sell well either.<BR/><BR/>Essentially BushCo needs enemies.Chuck Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656874242638324636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post-35991651213343998202007-02-22T22:21:00.000-05:002007-02-22T22:21:00.000-05:00What gets me about this Iran thing is it seemed to...What gets me about this Iran thing is it seemed to have started in regards to the Iranians claiming a need to process nuclear material so they could start some nuclear power plants. They want to use nuke power instead of their oil, which they can sell.<BR/><BR/>That they claim to want nuclear power simply for POWER seems to always get little mention in any discussion of the issue. If so many other countries have nuclear power, why can't Iran?Fred Mangelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15746646487480850444noreply@blogger.com