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]]> By: Emboldened » Blog Archive » A crisis advancing http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/comment-page-3/#comment-834191 Emboldened » Blog Archive » A crisis advancing Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:14:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/#comment-834191 [...] Ignoring the fact that when Krauthammer writes “every city in the civilized world,” he means every city in America and Israel, he is presenting a vision of fear defined by Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon at the earliest eight years from now. The fear of Iran is an idea, like the fear of Al Qaeda, that taken at its face value has real merit. If Iran had a bomb, if Iran supported terrorists who were concerned with the US and not Israel, if Ahmadinejad and the mullahs wanted to see their nation turned to glass, then it would Iran would merit a serious discussion as a threat to American national security. But as of now, Krauthammer and his ilk are describing dangers of an enemy that does not exist outside the minds of the most war hungry pundits and Bush administration officials. Apparently that does not matter. These are the questions. These are the calculations. The decision is no more than a year away. [...] [...] Ignoring the fact that when Krauthammer writes “every city in the civilized world,” he means every city in America and Israel, he is presenting a vision of fear defined by Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon at the earliest eight years from now. The fear of Iran is an idea, like the fear of Al Qaeda, that taken at its face value has real merit. If Iran had a bomb, if Iran supported terrorists who were concerned with the US and not Israel, if Ahmadinejad and the mullahs wanted to see their nation turned to glass, then it would Iran would merit a serious discussion as a threat to American national security. But as of now, Krauthammer and his ilk are describing dangers of an enemy that does not exist outside the minds of the most war hungry pundits and Bush administration officials. Apparently that does not matter. These are the questions. These are the calculations. The decision is no more than a year away. [...]

]]> By: james http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/comment-page-3/#comment-508304 james Sun, 16 Apr 2006 19:19:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/#comment-508304 why again does a country that is soaked in oil need nuclear power? It dosn't! why again does a country that is soaked in oil need nuclear power? It dosn’t!

]]> By: I-RIGHT-I http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/comment-page-3/#comment-507127 I-RIGHT-I Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:04:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/#comment-507127 I-Right-I You do have a sense of humor, I’ll grant you that. Comment by Audrey Thanks. It's the only reason Judd hasn't banished me once and for all. That and my sister said if he did she'd cut him off. HA! I-Right-I
You do have a sense of humor, I’ll grant you that.

Comment by Audrey

Thanks. It’s the only reason Judd hasn’t banished me once and for all. That and my sister said if he did she’d cut him off. HA!

]]> By: Audrey http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/comment-page-3/#comment-507034 Audrey Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:51:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/#comment-507034 I-Right-I You do have a sense of humor, I'll grant you that. I-Right-I
You do have a sense of humor, I’ll grant you that.

]]> By: I-RIGHT-I http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/comment-page-3/#comment-506968 I-RIGHT-I Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:49:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/#comment-506968 What about North Korea where they regularly line up and shoot their own people? And your answer I’m sure would be who cares if they shoot each other, because you’re an ignorant, pompous ass. Comment by Audrey I don't disagree that N. Korean totalitarian communism is a threat as we've seen in the past 100 years the resulting mass slaughter of scores of millions at the hands of the Soviet and Red Chinese not to mention the communist insurgencies that deal wholesale death in Africa and Latin America. Is it your point that we should suffer one because we suffer the other? My dear, I'm far from ignorant and I can be an ass but are you suggesting that it's my fault that I'm smarter, richer and better looking than the rest of you? Pompous, moi? What about North Korea where they regularly line up and shoot their own people? And your answer I’m sure would be who cares if they shoot each other, because you’re an ignorant, pompous ass.

Comment by Audrey

I don’t disagree that N. Korean totalitarian communism is a threat as we’ve seen in the past 100 years the resulting mass slaughter of scores of millions at the hands of the Soviet and Red Chinese not to mention the communist insurgencies that deal wholesale death in Africa and Latin America. Is it your point that we should suffer one because we suffer the other?

My dear, I’m far from ignorant and I can be an ass but are you suggesting that it’s my fault that I’m smarter, richer and better looking than the rest of you? Pompous, moi?

]]> By: Ryan Neat http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/comment-page-3/#comment-506703 Ryan Neat Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:56:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/#comment-506703 "It’s been done already by the UN. The Iranians have flatly stated they will build a bomb and have thumbed their nose at the international community. Why don’t YOU know this? Most Americans do know this. And don’t ask for links. Look it up yourself. Comment by I-RIGHT-I " Maybe because Gerald listens to REAL NEWS, and not the fabricated claims of the REICHWING PROPAGANDA machine that you so adore. Give me one quote from the Iranian government that says they clearly intend to build a bomb. Your SPECULATION AND FEARS not withstanding, you're just making crap up again MORON. “It’s been done already by the UN. The Iranians have flatly stated they will build a bomb and have thumbed their nose at the international community. Why don’t YOU know this? Most Americans do know this. And don’t ask for links. Look it up yourself.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I ”

Maybe because Gerald listens to REAL NEWS, and not the fabricated claims of the REICHWING PROPAGANDA machine that you so adore.

Give me one quote from the Iranian government that says they clearly intend to build a bomb. Your SPECULATION AND FEARS not withstanding, you’re just making crap up again MORON.

]]> By: Audrey http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/comment-page-3/#comment-506437 Audrey Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:01:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/#comment-506437 IRightI #110 - "You can't compare the suicidal worldview of the Iranian headquarters with any other culture on earth that has the bomb." What about North Korea where they regularly line up and shoot their own people? And your answer I'm sure would be who cares if they shoot each other, because you're an ignorant, pompous ass. IRightI #110 – “You can’t compare the suicidal worldview of the Iranian headquarters with any other culture on earth that has the bomb.”
What about North Korea where they regularly line up and shoot their own people? And your answer I’m sure would be who cares if they shoot each other, because you’re an ignorant, pompous ass.

]]> By: I-RIGHT-I http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/comment-page-3/#comment-506139 I-RIGHT-I Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:29:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/#comment-506139 How can you on the right honestly say that a real attempt has been made? NO attempt has been made. Quite secretive meetings are BS. Use your freakin brains and corner Iran out in the open and put the spot light of truth on them. Make them either given in or show that they are after the bomb… in which case you could actually have MOST Americans behind you… most Americans do not like being tricked into war. Comment by Gerald Gibson It's been done already by the UN. The Iranians have flatly stated they will build a bomb and have thumbed their nose at the international community. Why don't YOU know this? Most Americans do know this. And don't ask for links. Look it up yourself. How can you on the right honestly say that a real attempt has been made? NO attempt has been made. Quite secretive meetings are BS. Use your freakin brains and corner Iran out in the open and put the spot light of truth on them. Make them either given in or show that they are after the bomb… in which case you could actually have MOST Americans behind you… most Americans do not like being tricked into war.

Comment by Gerald Gibson

It’s been done already by the UN. The Iranians have flatly stated they will build a bomb and have thumbed their nose at the international community. Why don’t YOU know this? Most Americans do know this. And don’t ask for links. Look it up yourself.

]]> By: unbelievable http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/comment-page-3/#comment-506047 unbelievable Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:23:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/#comment-506047 <strong>Iran Can Now Make glowing Mickey Mouse Watches</strong> Despite all the sloppy and inaccurate headlines about Iran "going nuclear," the fact is that all President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday was that it had enriched uranium to a measely 3.5 percent, using a bank of 180 centrifuges hooked up so that they "cascade." The ability to slightly enrich uranium is not the same as the ability to build a bomb. For the latter, you need at least 80% enrichment, which in turn would require about 16,000 small centrifuges hooked up to cascade. Iran does not have 16,000 centrifuges. It seems to have 180. Iran is a good ten years away from having a bomb, and since its leaders, including Supreme Jurisprudent Ali Khamenei, say they do not want an atomic bomb because it is Islamically immoral, you have to wonder if they will ever have a bomb. The crisis is not one of nuclear enrichment, a low-level attainment that does not necessarily lead to having a bomb. Even if Iran had a bomb, it is hard to see how they could be more dangerous than Communist China, which has lots of such bombs, and whose Walmart stores are a clever ruse to wipe out the middle class American family through funneling in cheaply made Chinese goods. What is really going on here is a ratcheting war of rhetoric. The Iranian hard liners are down to a popularity rating in Iran of about 15%. They are using their challenge to the Bush administration over their perfectly legal civilian nuclear energy research program as a way of enhancing their nationalist credentials in Iran. Likewise, Bush is trying to shore up his base, which is desperately unhappy with the Iraq situation, by rattling sabres at Iran. Bush's poll numbers are so low, often in the mid-30s, that he must have lost part of his base to produce this result. Iran is a great deus ex machina for Bush. Rally around the flag yet again. If this international game of chicken goes wrong, then the whole Middle East and much of Western Europe could go up in flames. The real threat here is not unconventional war, which Iran cannot fight for the foreseeable future. It is the spread of Iraq-style instability to more countries in the region. Bush and Ahmadinejad could be working together toward the Perfect Storm. http://www.juancole.com/2006/04/iran-can-now-make-glowing-mickey-mouse.html Iran Can Now Make glowing Mickey Mouse Watches

Despite all the sloppy and inaccurate headlines about Iran “going nuclear,” the fact is that all President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday was that it had enriched uranium to a measely 3.5 percent, using a bank of 180 centrifuges hooked up so that they “cascade.”

The ability to slightly enrich uranium is not the same as the ability to build a bomb. For the latter, you need at least 80% enrichment, which in turn would require about 16,000 small centrifuges hooked up to cascade. Iran does not have 16,000 centrifuges. It seems to have 180. Iran is a good ten years away from having a bomb, and since its leaders, including Supreme Jurisprudent Ali Khamenei, say they do not want an atomic bomb because it is Islamically immoral, you have to wonder if they will ever have a bomb.

The crisis is not one of nuclear enrichment, a low-level attainment that does not necessarily lead to having a bomb. Even if Iran had a bomb, it is hard to see how they could be more dangerous than Communist China, which has lots of such bombs, and whose Walmart stores are a clever ruse to wipe out the middle class American family through funneling in cheaply made Chinese goods.

What is really going on here is a ratcheting war of rhetoric. The Iranian hard liners are down to a popularity rating in Iran of about 15%. They are using their challenge to the Bush administration over their perfectly legal civilian nuclear energy research program as a way of enhancing their nationalist credentials in Iran.

Likewise, Bush is trying to shore up his base, which is desperately unhappy with the Iraq situation, by rattling sabres at Iran. Bush’s poll numbers are so low, often in the mid-30s, that he must have lost part of his base to produce this result. Iran is a great deus ex machina for Bush. Rally around the flag yet again.

If this international game of chicken goes wrong, then the whole Middle East and much of Western Europe could go up in flames. The real threat here is not unconventional war, which Iran cannot fight for the foreseeable future. It is the spread of Iraq-style instability to more countries in the region.

Bush and Ahmadinejad could be working together toward the Perfect Storm.

http://www.juancole.com/2006/04/iran-can-now-make-glowing-mickey-mouse.html

]]> By: Gerald Gibson http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/comment-page-3/#comment-506016 Gerald Gibson Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:06:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/#comment-506016 <em>And why criticize the US administration for “not negotiating” with Iran, when the UN and the European three are doing such a fine job? Comment by CL </em> If they were doing such a fine job then we would no longer have a problem. The bottom line is we saw during the JFK years what COULD be done to force this issue out of back rooms where semi promises are made and not kept, but everyone is allowed to keep face. Screw that! Bring it all out in the open. If Iran is wrong PROVE them wrong in front of the TVs of the world. Make them explain to the world why it is the IAEA cannot have monitors over every square inch of every facility if they are only wanting peaceful nuclear power. Then lets hear what they have to say. How can you on the right honestly say that a real attempt has been made? NO attempt has been made. Quite secretive meetings are BS. Use your freakin brains and corner Iran out in the open and put the spot light of truth on them. Make them either given in or show that they are after the bomb... in which case you could actually have MOST Americans behind you... most Americans do not like being tricked into war. And why criticize the US administration for “not negotiating” with Iran, when the UN and the European three are doing such a fine job?

Comment by CL

If they were doing such a fine job then we would no longer have a problem. The bottom line is we saw during the JFK years what COULD be done to force this issue out of back rooms where semi promises are made and not kept, but everyone is allowed to keep face. Screw that! Bring it all out in the open. If Iran is wrong PROVE them wrong in front of the TVs of the world. Make them explain to the world why it is the IAEA cannot have monitors over every square inch of every facility if they are only wanting peaceful nuclear power. Then lets hear what they have to say.

How can you on the right honestly say that a real attempt has been made? NO attempt has been made. Quite secretive meetings are BS. Use your freakin brains and corner Iran out in the open and put the spot light of truth on them. Make them either given in or show that they are after the bomb… in which case you could actually have MOST Americans behind you… most Americans do not like being tricked into war.

]]> By: big papa http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/comment-page-3/#comment-505980 big papa Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:41:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/#comment-505980 I’m much more affraid of the Bushites than I am of the Mullahs at this time. Comment by Edward Deevy #93 <strong>Edward, As well you should be... ...Bushiva and L'il Dick are politically "nuked"... ...This Iran thing is just to SCARE up oil and gas prices so that their corporate co-conspirators... ...can lap up the last of the profits BEFORE Bushiva and L'il Dick attempt to make good... ...their escape... ...like the Wizard of Oz the curtain has already been pulled back on this criminal TREASONOUS administration... If the American people allow Bushiva, L'il Dick and the corporate mass murdering, war profiteering TRAITORS to abscond with their ill-gotten gains... ...America deserves to be brought to her knees... ...an pay NO attention to that cretin (I-Right-I #96)... ...he's bitter and lost (literally)...</strong> I’m much more affraid of the Bushites than I am of the Mullahs at this time.

Comment by Edward Deevy #93

Edward,

As well you should be…

…Bushiva and L’il Dick are politically “nuked”…

…This Iran thing is just to SCARE up oil and gas prices so that their corporate co-conspirators…

…can lap up the last of the profits BEFORE Bushiva and L’il Dick attempt to make good…

…their escape…

…like the Wizard of Oz the curtain has already been pulled back on this criminal TREASONOUS administration…

If the American people allow Bushiva, L’il Dick and the corporate mass murdering, war profiteering TRAITORS to abscond with their ill-gotten gains…

…America deserves to be brought to her knees…

…an pay NO attention to that cretin (I-Right-I #96)…

…he’s bitter and lost (literally)…

]]> By: big papa http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/comment-page-3/#comment-505963 big papa Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:33:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/#comment-505963 You can’t compare the suicidal worldview of the Iranian headchoppers with any other culture on earth that has the bomb. Comment by I-RIGHT-I #101 <strong>I'rresponsible-R'apacious-I'nbred, ...all one has to do is... ...spend a day reading your (and your TREASONOUS inbred Bushite siblings') posts... ...to find the perfect companion ideology to the... ...as YOU call it "suicidal worldview of Iranian headchoppers"... ...as I've often said... ,,,the Islamists have "al Qaida"... ...and the anti-Christians (that'd be you inbred Bushite "conservatives")... ...have you "al Crackers"... ...you're just dying (pun intended) to get to "the rapture", aren't you inbred?</strong> You can’t compare the suicidal worldview of the Iranian headchoppers with any other culture on earth that has the bomb.

Comment by I-RIGHT-I #101

I’rresponsible-R’apacious-I’nbred,

…all one has to do is…

…spend a day reading your (and your TREASONOUS inbred Bushite siblings’) posts…

…to find the perfect companion ideology to the…

…as YOU call it “suicidal worldview of Iranian headchoppers”…

…as I’ve often said…

,,,the Islamists have “al Qaida”…

…and the anti-Christians (that’d be you inbred Bushite “conservatives”)…

…have you “al Crackers”…

…you’re just dying (pun intended) to get to “the rapture”, aren’t you inbred?

]]> By: big papa http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/comment-page-3/#comment-505950 big papa Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:24:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/#comment-505950 If any of their radiation is used on an attack in the U.S then I am all for turning the whole country into a parking lot. Preemptive nah, strict consequences Hell Yeah Comment by Tundra #16 Tunnelvision, <strong>Funny how casual and cavalier talk of murdering millions of human beings becomes... ...when it's not YOU who are the victim... ...but always remember... ..."what goes around comes around"... ...that's just an oversimplification of that "history repeats itself" cliche... ...and YOU MAY not escape it...</strong> If any of their radiation is used on an attack in the U.S then I am all for turning the whole country into a parking lot. Preemptive nah, strict consequences Hell Yeah

Comment by Tundra #16

Tunnelvision,

Funny how casual and cavalier talk of murdering millions of human beings becomes…

…when it’s not YOU who are the victim…

…but always remember…

…”what goes around comes around”…

…that’s just an oversimplification of that “history repeats itself” cliche…

…and YOU MAY not escape it…

]]> By: oh please http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/comment-page-3/#comment-505933 oh please Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:15:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/#comment-505933 <em>Who’s more dangerous? Comment by I-RIGHT-I — April 13, 2006 @ 11:22 am </em> According to you? Jay for being a progressive. Who’s more dangerous?

Comment by I-RIGHT-I — April 13, 2006 @ 11:22 am

According to you? Jay for being a progressive.

]]> By: Audrey http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/comment-page-3/#comment-505930 Audrey Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:13:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/#comment-505930 Jay - my information was from Wikpedia. It may not have been updated. Thanks. Jay – my information was from Wikpedia. It may not have been updated. Thanks.

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/comment-page-3/#comment-505899 Jay Randal Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:59:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/#comment-505899 Post 105 > Pakistan and India went beyond testing of nukes years ago > they have an arsenel of them now! Australia supposedly has nukes too, but nobody talks much about it! Israel is not suspected to have nukes > they have them! I talked to an Israeli officer once and he told me they have about 400 of them, but nobody is supposed to mention it! Post 105 > Pakistan and India went beyond testing of nukes years ago > they have an arsenel of them now! Australia supposedly has nukes too, but nobody talks much about it! Israel is not suspected to have nukes > they have them! I talked to an Israeli officer once and he told me they have about 400 of them, but nobody is supposed to mention it!

]]> By: Audrey http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/comment-page-3/#comment-505874 Audrey Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:41:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/#comment-505874 Iran will have a nuclear bomb within 16 days..and if you believe that, you still believe Saddam had drones capable of delivering chemical and biological weapons. The following countries HAVE nuclear weapons: USA Russia United Kingdom France China The following countries have CONDUCTED TESTS: India Pakistan Israel is SUSPECTED of having an arsenal of nuclear weapons North Korea has DECLARED possessing nuclear weapons Let's bomb them all, including ourselves. If the world blows up, no one will have nuclear weapons! What a solution! Iran will have a nuclear bomb within 16 days..and if you believe that, you still believe Saddam had drones capable of delivering chemical and biological weapons.

The following countries HAVE nuclear weapons:
USA
Russia
United Kingdom
France
China

The following countries have CONDUCTED TESTS:
India
Pakistan

Israel is SUSPECTED of having an arsenal of nuclear weapons

North Korea has DECLARED possessing nuclear weapons

Let’s bomb them all, including ourselves. If the world blows up, no one will have nuclear weapons! What a solution!

]]> By: The Mahablog » Are We Afraid Yet? http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/comment-page-3/#comment-505873 The Mahablog » Are We Afraid Yet? Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:39:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/#comment-505873 [...] Andy Grotto at Think Progress explains: Iran enriched the uranium using a cascade of 164 centrifuges that spin uranium hexafluoride gas at supersonic speed. This process extracts U-235—usable in power reactors and nuclear weapons—from the gas. The enriched uranium that Iran produced cannot be used in a nuclear weapon because it contains just 3.5% U-235, whereas a nuclear weapon typically requires highly-enriched uranium (HEU) that contains more than 90% U-235. Assuming Iran has perfect luck with the centrifuge, it would need to operate this cascade continually for more than five years to produce enough HEU (15-20 kg, roughly the size of a basketball) for a crude nuclear bomb. [...] [...] Andy Grotto at Think Progress explains: Iran enriched the uranium using a cascade of 164 centrifuges that spin uranium hexafluoride gas at supersonic speed. This process extracts U-235—usable in power reactors and nuclear weapons—from the gas. The enriched uranium that Iran produced cannot be used in a nuclear weapon because it contains just 3.5% U-235, whereas a nuclear weapon typically requires highly-enriched uranium (HEU) that contains more than 90% U-235. Assuming Iran has perfect luck with the centrifuge, it would need to operate this cascade continually for more than five years to produce enough HEU (15-20 kg, roughly the size of a basketball) for a crude nuclear bomb. [...]

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/comment-page-3/#comment-505872 Jay Randal Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:36:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/12/the-facts-about-irans-uranium-enrichment/#comment-505872 Lol I-R-I you make up everything on a daily basis! I believe you are more dangerous to yourself than anybody else! As for Iran > Why would they use a nuke on anybody since all those other nations I mentioned have lots of them to blow them to smithereens?! Yes Saudis were also involved in 9/11, but Bush loves Saudi Arabia, so go yell at him about it! Lol I-R-I you make up everything on a daily basis! I believe you are more dangerous to yourself than anybody else! As for Iran > Why would they use a nuke on anybody since all those other nations I mentioned have lots of them to blow them to smithereens?!

Yes Saudis were also involved in 9/11, but Bush loves Saudi Arabia, so go yell at him about it!

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