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Better Believe It

(18,630 posts) Wed Apr 4, 2012, 05:55 PM Apr 2012

Under the Shah of Iran dictatorship it was OK for Iran to build nuclear power plants

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Under the Shah of Iran dictatorship it was OK for Iran to build nuclear power plants (Original Post) Better Believe It Apr 2012 OP

Du rec. Nt xchrom Apr 2012 #1

He was going to double the size of MIT's nuclear engineering department izquierdista Apr 2012 #2

Yeah, but he was OUR dictator Ezlivin Apr 2012 #3

Yes he was our one Rosa Luxemburg Apr 2012 #10

Is there ProSense Apr 2012 #4

Yes, but is there a reason why the US gets to tell other sovereign countries they cannot do what sabrina 1 Apr 2012 #7

Yes, indeed. Though our State Department finds the development of nuclear power Luminous Animal Apr 2012 #8

And under Reagan, it was okay to sell duel purpose chemicals to the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. sabrina 1 Apr 2012 #5

During the reagan years the number one visitor to the white house madokie Apr 2012 #6

our country has fucked up other countries pretty bad fascisthunter Apr 2012 #9

And, we were real happy to sell him the delivery system for tactical nukes. leveymg Apr 2012 #11

Rec Typical NYC Lib Apr 2012 #12

He was a staunch anti-communist ... GeorgeGist Apr 2012 #13

+1000 Starry Messenger Apr 2012 #14

xchrom

(108,903 posts)

1. Du rec. Nt

Reply to Better Believe It (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 05:58 PM

Apr 2012

izquierdista

(11,689 posts)

2. He was going to double the size of MIT's nuclear engineering department

Reply to Better Believe It (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 05:59 PM

Apr 2012

All by himself, with the students he was going to enroll. Never happened though.

Ezlivin

(8,153 posts)

3. Yeah, but he was OUR dictator

Reply to Better Believe It (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 06:03 PM

Apr 2012

We don't like it when leaders act on their own.

Rosa Luxemburg

(28,627 posts)

10. Yes he was our one

Reply to Ezlivin (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 06:52 PM

Apr 2012

ProSense

(116,464 posts)

4. Is there

Reply to Better Believe It (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 06:03 PM

Apr 2012

a difference between nuclear power and nuclear weapons?

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)

7. Yes, but is there a reason why the US gets to tell other sovereign countries they cannot do what

Reply to ProSense (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 06:39 PM

Apr 2012

we do? Who gave the US that authority?

Luminous Animal

(27,310 posts)

8. Yes, indeed. Though our State Department finds the development of nuclear power

Reply to ProSense (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 06:44 PM

Apr 2012

troubling and there is evidence that we've gone to some trouble to disrupt Iran's nuclear power plants...

Most recently, Iranian officials accused the U.S. and its allies of conspiring to damage its nuclear activities when the Stuxnet computer worm was found on the computers of several employees at the Bushehr nuclear plant last summer. While it was not known to affect operations at Bushehr, the worm is suspected of successfully damaging centrifuges at a separate Iranian nuclear facility which is also in development.

Although the U.S. never accepted -- or denied -- responsibility for the virus, a January 2010 cable released by WikiLeaks earlier this year revealed that the U.S. was at that time considering advice by a German thinktank that "covert sabotage" would be the most effective way to disable Iran's nuclear program.

In January this year, the New York Times reported the Stuxnet worm was the brainchild of a joint U.S.-Israeli project and several cyber security experts have told ABC News both the U.S. and Israel are on a short list of countries capable of pulling of such a complex and sophisticated cyber attack.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/iran-officially-opens-nuclear-plant/story?id=14503010#.T3zGe44ZCHk

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)

5. And under Reagan, it was okay to sell duel purpose chemicals to the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein.

Reply to Better Believe It (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 06:06 PM

Apr 2012

I recall reading that the sale of those chemicals to Iraq got a rare unanimous vote by Congress against it, but Reagan vetoed it. Reagan loved Saddam, sent him gold cuff links through Rummy. I remember telling that to a bunch of Rightwingers once and they threatened me. Lol! The truth hurt them but it didn't stop them from blindly following along anyhow.

madokie

(51,076 posts)

6. During the reagan years the number one visitor to the white house

Reply to sabrina 1 (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 06:12 PM

Apr 2012

who was a head of state from another county was Saddam. Clinton years it was Arafat

fascisthunter

(29,381 posts)

9. our country has fucked up other countries pretty bad

Reply to Better Believe It (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 06:45 PM

Apr 2012

only a sociopath would never be able to see things from their perspective. If it benefits some rich people in their own country, they are fine with it. They lack the ability to walk in other's shoes. Dangerous defects...

leveymg

(36,418 posts)

11. And, we were real happy to sell him the delivery system for tactical nukes.

Reply to Better Believe It (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 07:13 PM

Apr 2012

Israel already had theirs, gratis:

The CIA was well aware that AQ Khan was also peddling his "previously-owned, low-miles" uranium enrichment centrifuges to Iraq and Iran in the Bush Sr. 1980s. Israel already had their bombs just-in-time for the 1967 War, thanks to us, and the ability to deliver them.