Posted by
arandomguy on Monday, March 19, 2007 8:14:17 PM
According to a recent AFP report, Iran has banned inspectors from one of its nuclear facilities, one that would be able to produce industrial strength uranium very soon, according to those who are familiar with the facility. After promising in February to let inspectors into Natanz (while at the same time banning cameras from that location), Iran has gone back on their offer and have refused to let inspectors into the underground bunker at Natanz.
This news comes of course, as the UN Security Council is meeting to debate increased sanctions against Iran because it has violated multiple orders to stand down in regards to its nuclear program. I think it is apparent at this point that confrontation is basically inevitable. Iran continues to antagonize the United States, and refuses to back down, and the UN seems (as usual) helpless at averting conflict. Iran must hurt so they back down, and so they stop developing nuclear weapons.
I have to honestly ask - is there anybody in the world who actually believes Iran? There are certainly people that do not care, but is there anybody who actually believes that Iran is developing uranium for purely peaceful purposes? Or perhaps, we should be more concerned about what Ahmadinejad means by peace. Surely, after the United States, the west, and those awful, awful Jews are gone, the world would be much more peaceful? Ahmadinejad has said that he believes as much.
So in reality, I suppose they ARE pursuing nuclear technology for "peaceful" purposes. It's just that in order to achieve their twisted form of "peace," they must blow up an entire hemisphere, and much of the remaining half as well.