tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post2149377939375671937..comments2023-10-11T04:59:14.482-04:00Comments on Wide Asleep in America: Does Iran Really Need Nuclear Power?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-43216304657182856602015-07-27T16:29:13.999-04:002015-07-27T16:29:13.999-04:00The section about regime change is a key point. It...The section about regime change is a key point. It seems like the nuclear deal is ultimately a delay tactic until a regime change can be engineered. And LOL that it needs to be a secular one - the US seems quite fond of extremist dictators as long as they serve its geopolitical interests in the region.<br /><br />>>"It's not so much that we don't want Iran to have a nuclear Bob55noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-73407559853659770542015-07-16T14:24:02.362-04:002015-07-16T14:24:02.362-04:00If you say so. After all, I'm the one defendin...<br />If you say so. After all, I'm the one defending the world's most prolific executioner (206 Iranians executed in the month of June 2015 alone!) as a heroic liberator ("broke the imperial chains" blah, blah, blah). The same regime that has executed tens of thousands of Iranian men and women since the very first days it came to power and has inflicted levels of violence and Alirezanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-86393435341085175392015-07-16T11:25:13.877-04:002015-07-16T11:25:13.877-04:00It's nice to see how ideology never suffuses y...It's nice to see how ideology never suffuses your own perspective or commentary, Alireza.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />NNima Shirazihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204184071613645335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-29801404509609548532015-07-16T07:08:57.661-04:002015-07-16T07:08:57.661-04:00A highly tendentious and selective reading of the ...<br />A highly tendentious and selective reading of the "historical facts" surrounding the reckless building of nuclear plants in a country prone to highly destructive earthquakes and poor safety records -- again, unsurprising given the asinine ideological perspective of the author ("broke imperial chains", blah, blah, blah). <br /><br />Btw, how much electricity has been Alirezanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-68803122538122061932015-07-16T01:31:18.933-04:002015-07-16T01:31:18.933-04:00(continued from above)
The next year, in 1983, Ir...(continued from above)<br /><br />The next year, in 1983, Iran's Atomic Energy Organization invited the IAEA to visit ENTEC and the Tehran Nuclear Research Center and requested assistance from the IAEA in resuming its research in domestic uranium enrichment and possibly setting up a pilot enrichment plant. As soon as the U.S. government got wind of such potential cooperation, it "Nima Shirazihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204184071613645335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-21014946262592440782015-07-16T01:29:42.194-04:002015-07-16T01:29:42.194-04:00Thanks for chiming in, Alireza, and for the kind w...Thanks for chiming in, Alireza, and for the kind words about my writing.<br /><br />Thanks also for linking to that great historical nugget about the nascent Khomeini-led government in Iran mothballing what was seen as the Shah's "imperialistic" nuclear project following the revolution. The project's close association (and inception by) the United States was the primarily Nima Shirazihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204184071613645335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-3340164520445558332015-07-15T20:47:29.099-04:002015-07-15T20:47:29.099-04:00An unusually asinine, craven and intellectually di...<br />An unusually asinine, craven and intellectually dishonest piece, even by the author's rather low standards. For those who wish to learn more, one can start here:<br /><br />http://www.azarmehr.info/2012/06/nuclear-reactors-blatant-betrayal-of.htmlAlirezanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1091340695525848190.post-37481610804909261072015-07-14T17:43:01.983-04:002015-07-14T17:43:01.983-04:00Fantastic piece on an important question that no o...Fantastic piece on an important question that no one else explores in this much depth. It's a shame the mainstream media displays so much credulity on this issue. No lessons learned from run up to Iraq war, which I vociferously protested.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00169478508694901553noreply@blogger.com