Posted on 11/19/2024 12:00:31 PM PST by Olog-hai
Iran has defied international demands to rein in its nuclear program and has increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, according to a confidential report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen Tuesday by The Associated Press.
The report by the International Atomic Energy Agency said that as of Oct. 26, Iran has 182.3 kilograms (401.9 pounds) of uranium enriched up to 60%, an increase of 17.6 kilograms (38.8 pounds) since the last report in August.
Uranium enriched at 60% purity is just a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%.
The IAEA also estimated in its quarterly report that as of Oct. 26, Iran’s overall stockpile of enriched uranium stands at 6,604.4 kilograms (14,560 pounds), an increase of 852.6 kilograms (1,879.6 pounds) since August. Under the IAEA’s definition, around 42 kilograms (92.5 pounds) of uranium enriched to 60% purity is the amount at which creating one atomic weapon is theoretically possible — if the material is enriched further, to 90%. …
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Wonder if they’re still using yellow legal pads and ballpoint pens in Iran instead of pagers and smartphones for messages. Sent back and forth by pigeons.
So many accidents can happen around those nuclear materials research facilities.
The EU has a population of about 450 million and Europe as a whole, EU and beyond, is about 700 million., while the US is about 335 million.
Here's an idea for the IEAA and UN. Let the Europeans take the lead this time. They're nearer, after all.
Radical Iran is a major player in the region because…
Jimmy Carter removed one opponent of the mullahs, the Shah.
George W. Bush removed another opponent of the mullahs, Saddam Hussein.
Good work, guys. Good work upsetting the entire applecart.
Absolutely not. That’s what the EU bureaucrats crave.
I hope Israel is up for the job...and I hope they don’t wait until it’s too late.
I don’t see Saddam as as big of an opponent of the Mullahs as is often claimed; he was more of a rival for the same kind of power, in the vein of people like Nasser. He was a sponsor of anti-“west” terror himself, though not to the degree claimed by the Bushes.
The Shah was a genuine opponent of Islamic terrorism and caliphatism, though.
Sure; they yell “Death to America” and we’re supposed to hide behind Israel.
> I don’t see Saddam as as big of an opponent of the Mullahs as is often claimed… <
I should have been more precise in my previous post. Saddam was not an opponent of the Iranian mullahs because they were mullahs. It’s because they were Iranian.
Saddam was an effective counterbalance to Iranian ambitions. No way would he allow those guys to obtain nuclear weapons. He’d probably attack their nuclear research sites before Israel would.
That’s the way I see it, anyway. And my ex-wife often said that I saw things wrong. So there’s that. 🙂
With respect, you might be reading their squawking, thinking what they boast is what they would actually do.
Note that, to date, no European nation and especially those in the EU itself are staging troops and materiel to enter Ukraine on behalf the Zelensky government.
Rather these "EU bureaucrats crave" that Uncle Sam do it for them, while they puff with pride and their version of the "rules based order" which has only teeth enough to threaten the AfD in Germany and Orbán in Hungary. The EU's bark is far worse than their dentured bite.
And the fine Starmer-led UK has enough troops to fill Wembley Stadium, which is why they were lobbying Old Joe.
Best wishes.
That’s like calling the Muslim Brotherhood a counterbalance to Iran. Meanwhile, Iran was and is funding all of the above.
Either way, Saddam was not the right (or primary) target in the early 2000s. And take note that all concerned in the federal government back then were actually on the side of the Iraqi Shi’ites and were strictly hands-off with respect to Iran, which makes one question whose side they were (and are) on.
You can surmise what they would “actually do” by what they’re doing right now? The EU is fine with weakening the USA while reserving their own strength, certainly; but as soon as the USA is sufficiently weak (and they’ve been broadcasting anti-US propaganda for decades), they will certainly show their real intent.
Read “The Art Of War” by Sun Tzu. The primary tenet in the first chapter reads, “All warfare is based on deception: hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.”
I do observe that the German chemical and auto industries are now in chaotic collapse, while in Berlin, Paris and Amsterdam, Islam's "finest" are flexing their muscles in fine European antisemitic style.
One reads:
The great decline of European industry Le Monde, 23 September 2024."The EU is fine" is an assertion which does not bear up under scrutiny, it seems.Euro zone industrial production falls more than expected in Sept Reuters, 14 November 2024.
Why is European manufacturing still in such a critical state? EuroNews, 2 September 2024.
What news of the EU being "fine" are you reading? It's a fair question.
A semi-secret on Enriched U235 is once you to 3%, you are 1/2 the way there to weapons grade.
Perfect!
Instead of bombing iran, we just need a mission where they gather and enrich lots of uranium and then we go in and requisition it.
That will compensate for all the uranium hillary sold to the russians
THANKS HusseinOsama and Bidementia !
My exact words were “The EU is fine with weakening the USA while reserving their own strength”, not “the EU is fine” as if they were so generally. And they’ve been doing thst since the Marshall Plan.
One thing the EU founders insisted on is rule by crisis. Per Jean Monnet, “Europe will be forged in crises, and will be the sum of the solutions adopted for those crises” . . . so any sppearance of disarray may just be for show.
But I agree, from the Marshall Plan forward, many European politicians have been "fine" with American support in dollars and security. They will not do well on their own.
Besides the Monnet dream saw Britain in league with France. Meanwhile, the coal and steel industries of Europe are falling away as recession bites. It is an interesting time in which to live.
They only rely on the US to bleed us dry. They still regard us as the enemy; and this viewpoint goes back to the days of the Kaiser, who stated that he wanted to have “a United States of Europe against America”.
Benjamin Netanyahu to the yellow wall phone please. Paging Benjamin Netanyahu
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