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bananas

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Fri Sep-25-09 05:59 PM
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Brazil VP says country should build nuclear arms

Source: AP

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's vice president says his country should develop nuclear weapons.

Jose Alencar says "a nuclear weapon has great importance" to prevent attacks on Brazil because of its extensive borders and maritime holdings. Alencar tells Brazilian newspapers that Brazil doesn't have a program to develop nuclear weapons, but should.

Alencar's influence is relatively limited and he is not a member of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's party. Brazilian officials insist they are developing nuclear energy only for peaceful means.

Alencar aide Adriano Silva confirms the comments published Friday by newspapers including O Globo and O Estado de Sao Paulo. He says they are personal opinions and not a position of the government.

Read more: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9AUCIKG0&show_article=1

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ShortnFiery

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Fri Sep-25-09 06:01 PM
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1. Well, the USA is erecting Bases in Colombia, maybe Obama should censor them?

:eyes:

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David__77

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Fri Sep-25-09 06:38 PM
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2. I can understand the sentiment.

Peace through strength and all that jazz...

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bbinacan

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Fri Sep-25-09 06:53 PM
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3. It seems to be the latest rage. n/t

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emilyg

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Fri Sep-25-09 06:59 PM
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4. So much for world peace.

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IDFbunny

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Fri Sep-25-09 09:21 PM
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5. Brazil, Venezuala, Libya, N Korea, Iran, Japan are

contemplating nukes. Did I miss anyone?

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aquart

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Fri Sep-25-09 11:00 PM
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6. JAPAN?

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IDFbunny

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Sat Sep-26-09 12:13 AM
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7. IF North Korea becomes nuclear

Japan will be threatened by it.

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mitchtv

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Sat Sep-26-09 03:13 PM
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8. If Brazil gets it

Argentina is next, Chile won't want to be without

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madaboutharry

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Tue Sep-29-09 08:13 AM
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9. kicking to combine

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CHIMO

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Tue Sep-29-09 08:14 AM
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10. Brazil VP: country needs atom bomb

Source: Agencies

Brazil's vice-president and former defence minister has said his country should develop nuclear weapons.

Jose Alencar, who led the defence ministry from 2004 to 2006, said in an interview with several Brazilian news media broadcast on Saturday that his country needed atomic weapons.

"The nuclear weapon, used as an instrument of deterrence, is of great importance for a country that has 15,000 kilometers of border to the west and a territorial sea where oil reserves have been found," he said.

Adriano Silva, an aide to Alencar, confirmed the comments published by newspapers including O Globo and O Estado de Sao Paulo.

Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/09/200992682936702272.html

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Bicoastal

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Tue Sep-29-09 08:14 AM
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11. To use against whom?

The chupacabra?

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IndianaGreen

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Tue Sep-29-09 08:14 AM
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13. The Honduran golpistas

if they dare to assault the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa.

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tridim

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Tue Sep-29-09 08:14 AM
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12. I think this belongs in the gungeon

J/K. Sort of.

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Stumbler

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Tue Sep-29-09 08:14 AM
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14. Great, someone call Cheney; it's time to invade Brazil

I'm sure he's already got the invasion plans worked out... Probably in his man-sized safe.

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robinlynne

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Tue Sep-29-09 08:14 AM
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15. been there done that. military coup of 1964.

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WestSeattle2

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Tue Sep-29-09 08:14 AM
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16. WTF? Brazil?! This is the world that Cheney/Bush created. n/t

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unkachuck

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Tue Sep-29-09 08:14 AM
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17. sure, why not?

....what did bushco teach the world?....if you have nukes like NK, no problem, no invasion....no nukes? Sorry, you get that Iraqi 'shock and awe' treatment....distributing world resources through markets or global institutions is not good enough for rogue nations....

....in case anyone hasn't noticed, actions have consequences....

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Alcibiades

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Tue Sep-29-09 08:14 AM
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18. This is why disarmament is so important

Brazil has every right to nuclear arms. The US helped to negotiate the NPT, but it has failed to live up to the requirement to disarm, despite the end of the Cold War. If we moved even a little bit toward real disarmament, then we would have a leg to stand on with regard to India, Pakistan, Brazil, North Korea or any other state that wants what we already have, but we have not and will not, the President's claims notwithstanding.

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Odin2005

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Tue Sep-29-09 08:14 AM
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19. WTF? Are they fucking STUPID!?!

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ronnie624

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Tue Sep-29-09 08:14 AM
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20. "But he said

they were personal opinions and not a position of the government. Brazil's constitution prohibits nuclear weapons."

"A spokesman for Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the Brazilian president, told the Associated Press news agency that Alencar's comments "do not reflect the position of the government"."

Who is "they"?

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Odin2005

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Tue Sep-29-09 08:14 AM
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21. Oops, my bad!

*smacks head*

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AlphaCentauri

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Tue Sep-29-09 08:14 AM
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22. Colombia has a nuclear research center

http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/about/pubs/Inventory/Colombia.pdf

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Tue Sep-29-09 08:14 AM
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23. Nuke the rainforest.

Put it out of its misery. :-(

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regnaD kciN

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Tue Sep-29-09 08:14 AM
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24. Everything old is new again...

First we got the bomb, and that was good,
'Cause we love peace and motherhood.
Then Russia got the bomb, but that's okay,
'Cause the balance of power's maintained that way.
Who's next?

France got the bomb, but don't you grieve,
'Cause they're on our side (I believe).
China got the bomb, but have no fears,
They can't wipe us out for at least five years.
Who's next?

Then Indonesia claimed that they
Were gonna get one any day.
South Africa wants two, that's right:
One for the black and one for the white.
Who's next?

Egypt's gonna get one too,
Just to use on you know who.
So Israel's getting tense.
Wants one in self defense.
"The Lord's our shepherd," says the psalm,
But just in case, we better get a bomb.
Who's next?

Luxembourg is next to go,
And (who knows?) maybe Monaco.
We'll try to stay serene and calm
When Alabama gets the bomb.
Who's next?
Who's next?
Who's next?
Who's next?

--Tom Lehrer, 1965

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amandabeech

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Tue Sep-29-09 08:14 AM
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25. It's a plant from the folks in Chicago who want the Olympics!

The IOC won't give the Olys to Brazil if Brazil is screaming about getting the bomb.

Either it's that or it's the anti-Oly Brazilians trying to keep Brazil from getting the Olys!

LOL:sarcasm:

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gorbal

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Tue Sep-29-09 08:14 AM
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26. good

I'm glad most of the government doesn't agree. There are other weapons they could develope for emergencies; but war shoujld always be the last answer, not the first.

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twitomy

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Tue Sep-29-09 08:14 AM
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27. Well the MAD doctrine worked so well...

Then lets have the whole world use it. World Peace gaurenteed...

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Xithras

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Tue Sep-29-09 11:39 AM
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28. Unlike other countries, they wouldn't have to buy the mats on the open market.

Brazil is already a net uranium exporter, and is already expanding its uranium mining activities. Those mines are state owned & run, so they already have all the fuel they need. The nation is so large that hiding a nuclear program until they're ready to start testing would be trivial.

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