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wtmusic

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6. I guess that's my point

Reply to cprise (Reply #5)

Sat Jun 22, 2013, 03:34 PM

Jun 2013

in that we're involved in a problem of our own making, and it's not a nuclear one but a diplomatic one.

Iran's new leader is considered a moderate but is equally determined to get nuclear power. There is no stopping them. We can either come to the bargaining table with reasonable demands, or risk losing it all.

Iran is the vanguard of what will be many formerly third-world countries getting access to nuclear power, not all of them with stable regimes. We need to develop a roadmap for guarding against weapons proliferation.

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Memo to Fox News: Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Energy Are Not The Same [View all] wtmusic Jun 2013 OP

Fully half from russian nukes? RobertEarl Jun 2013 #1

Don't doubt it; believe it - it's TRUE PamW Jun 2013 #9

Hi Pam RobertEarl Jun 2013 #10

Not half of total PamW Jun 2013 #11

So you proved wt was wrong RobertEarl Jun 2013 #16

Not odd at all - different parts of the government PamW Jun 2013 #18

How much $$ do they need? RobertEarl Jun 2013 #19

Answers to questions PamW Jun 2013 #20

What about Columbia Generating Station? That's the operational nuclear plant on the Hanford site. suffragette Jun 2013 #21

What is "Hanford" PamW Jun 2013 #22

The State of Washington disagrees with you suffragette Jun 2013 #23

Reading Comprehension Problem??? PamW Jun 2013 #25

Compared to Pandora's Promise, the Breakthrough Institute and the nuclear industry writ large... kristopher Jun 2013 #2

This is what the corporate media uniformly do cprise Jun 2013 #3

We've shot ourselves in the foot on Iran. wtmusic Jun 2013 #4

There is no inspection regime that is good enough cprise Jun 2013 #5

I guess that's my point wtmusic Jun 2013 #6

This is a nuclear problem cprise Jun 2013 #7

You do know that it's impossible to build a weapon with reactor grade fuel, don't you? wtmusic Jun 2013 #14

"We need...a roadmap for guarding against weapons proliferation" kristopher Jun 2013 #8

100% WRONG as ALWAYS PamW Jun 2013 #12

What a fucking flake. kristopher Jun 2013 #15

Nothing of substance, I note PamW Jun 2013 #17

Ha! oldhippie Jun 2013 #24

They argeed. PamW Jun 2013 #13