Iran Says Nuclear Reactor Has Reached Full Capacity
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A top Iranian nuclear official said the sole reactor at the Bushehr nuclear power plant has reached full capacity. (AP)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A senior Iranian nuclear official says the sole reactor at the country’s Bushehr nuclear power plant has reached full capacity.
Iranian deputy nuclear chief Mohammad Ahmadian said Saturday the reactor was brought to its “full capacity of 1,000 megawatts” Friday evening. The reactor went into operation for the first time last year at minimum capacity.
The Islamic Republic built the nuclear power plant in the southern Iranian port of Bushehr with Russian help.
The facility is a cornerstone of Iran’s drive to become a technological leader among Muslim nations, with efforts such as a space program and long-range missile development.
The United States and some of its allies believe the Bushehr plant is part of an Iranian attempt to develop nuclear weapons. Iran denies the accusation.
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grayling646
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 1:12pmPickle – Pickle – Pickle!!!
Report Post »grayling646
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 1:18pmThat was an Israeli pilot, not American.
Report Post »Armyof One
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 2:34pmWhich, of course, should be “Kosher Dill-KosherDill-Kosher Dill!!!”
Report Post »I_KNEW_Youd_Say_That
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 2:59pm“Iran Says Nuclear Reactor Has Reached Full Capacity”
I KNEW They’d Say That!
How did I know? Because you can’t kill 2 BILLION PEOPLE without nuclear weapons:
http://www.endtime.com/blog/2-billion-to-die-in-world-war-3/
“2 Billion to Die in World War 3 … ‘And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for TO SLAY THE THIRD PART OF MEN.’ (Revelation 9:15) … This time, there won’t be 8.2 million dead [WW1]. There won’t be 52 million dead [WW2]. This time 2 BILLION human beings will be annihilated from the face of the earth! We are talking about 40 times the fatalities of World War II! … According to Revelation 9:14, the prophesied war will originate from the area of the Euphrates River [all ISLAMIC dominated territory!]. The Euphrates River is located in Iraq, Turkey, Syria, and Iran.
“When will it happen?
“According to the biblical prophetic timeline given in scripture, four major prophetic fulfillments will occur at approximately the same time.
* The international community’s adoption of a peace plan for the Middle East
* The building of Israel’s temple on the Temple Mount
* Preparations being made for the implementation of the mark of the beast
* The Euphrates River War”
The blood-thirsty death-cult ideology of ISLAM does have a place on the world stage … a place of very soon coming INFAMY.
Report Post »Val_Dragon
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 3:17pmIf Obama controls healthcare in an aging society then he effectively control its death rate. If he controls the death rate then he can effectively control the amount of revenue collected as a result of the death tax (the federal estate tax). This is a tax that is assessed on the value of all of your assets upon your death including your house, cars, furniture, business property, machinery and inventory, stocks, bonds and real estate. This is a big part of his hidden agenda. This is the pot of gold Obama is after.
Report Post »In 2013, the exemption drops from $5 million to $1 million. Under an Obama 2nd term that exemption will fall much further and the death tax rate will climb enormously. This is how he is going to “spread the wealth around”.
grayling646
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:54pmDamn it, Army. I wish I’d thought of that. Good one.
Report Post »Tigress1
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 12:52pmObama said that he would offer Iran a hand if they would unclench their fist. Well, Iran now has their fist chambered and ready to punch. Time is running out. What’s he gonna do?
Report Post »justangry
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 7:01pmI don’t think that building a nuclear power plant is an aggressive gesture. There’s nothing wrong with wanting electricity, is there? I’m concerned with them building a bomb too, but the last intelligence report I‘ve seen said they hadn’t made up their mind to pursue nuclear weapons. I’m actually more concerned with making a rash decision and drawing Russia and China into a conflict. Don‘t you think if we attacked Iran preemptively they’d jump in and fight with their ally? Do you think anything good can come from a third world war? I don’t.
Report Post »WindyDualism
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:51pmJust
Report Post »Do you think we should hold hands longer and maybe get together in a mutual affection sort of circle jerk while the actual crazy people that call you-the indy-the great satan and Israel the little satan; those that weekly spew forth the new ways in which they mean to wipe us from the earth? Maybe we can go to the Paul ranch and sit around a fire and talk good times while decent people die? Sounds swell huh? Maybe we can keep talking and chatting and thinking about all the possible maybes while the actual whack jobs drive up in a new Bently and finally get it right and turn a city into a mushroom? perhaps we should really game it all and chat some more and maybe do a group therapy kind of thing, and then really focus group it and poll it some more to see if we are hurting the feelings of Tibetans when we postulate more on the actual time table to get back together and talk some more about what we didn’t talk about the last time we talked. Talk the crazies to death man-it could work. Lets talk about it later huh, when you aren’t oh so angry? Rrrrr. Angry and indy.
justangry
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:10pmNope, I think we ought to leave them alone, and if they attack us we should kick their ass. I’m not buying all the propaganda from the media, UN and CFR though. I’ve heard it before. Back in the 90′s when I was there, and the last round of lies. It will be cold day in hell when I trust these people again. Iran is militarily weak and they don’t have the capability to project war across the Pacific. Question is why do you trust the folks that have such a crappy record in their analysis? I mean unless you‘re high up in the intelligence community you’re getting your information from the CFR owned media, who gets their information from the UN. You believe they’re credible sources without a selfish agenda? I think they’re liars propping up the military industrial complex, the bankers and internationalists at the expense of folks like me and my brother-in-arms. Our foreign policy has been an failure, yet you want to continue it and poke fun at folks that want to change course. Suicide is now the leading cause of death for our active duty members, and 18 veterans a day are killing themselves. Do you care about them and their families? Yeah, but you’re right… let’s borrow a couple trillion bucks from China to bomb and rebuild another third world country that might someday decide to pursue a nuclear weapon.
Report Post »Lordcsmith
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 12:50pmIt is a very sadistic way of thinking about things but maybe a mushroom cloud somewhere on the planet will remind people of what their priorities should be. God help the victims of it.
Report Post »KissMyAmericanFlag
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 3:02pmCan a nuke plant implode?
Report Post »kapnkd
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 12:37pmIn a word for mankind very shortly…..“SHABOOM”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »RedheadedStepchild
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 12:27pmThe Ron Paul supporters or those who think we should just come to the table and sit down with these people are probably a lot like myself, rational, logical, a natural diplomat. My husband calls me defender of the universe because I can see good in just about anyone. I understand that we have created many of these world issues…to say or think otherwise is foolish… the U.S. is not perfect. We have and continue to make massive mistakes, but ultimately we are a force of good. If you see Israel as the aggressor in the middle east, I would say that propaganda machine has influenced you to believe this. I am not exonerating Israel for all its done, just like I do not exonerate the US, however I have done hours and hours of research on the Israeli issue and cannot find the evidence that proves this theory that they are the tyrannical ones. Why are there refugees for over 40 years? Where else in the world does someone win a war and the losing side just camps out? Those refugees are there because their fathers refused to live in a Jewish state…they could…they could live, work, be a part of parliament, vote…etc, but they CHOSE not to. What did the aggressor nations do? They mainly denied the people access to live in their ‘Muslim’ lands. Sad but true. But basically, I will not support sitting at a table with a nation that treats women, homosexuals, Christians and Jewish people with such violence and then say…OK you are just a normal nation that deserves respect.
Report Post »U.N.hater
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 12:41pmIf you was arm’ed and someone told you when he loads his gun he is going to shoot you in the head do you wait or shoot first?
Report Post »WakingSheep
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 2:25pmWhere does the money for WW3 come from?
Report Post »QE3-4?
justangry
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 5:44pmI supported Paul during the primaries. I don‘t really see what you’re getting at. There’s no anti-Israeli propaganda machine that I know of. If you’re not pro-Israel in this country you wind up getting being essentially black balled. I‘ve always maintained that I don’t really know what is going on over there and still feel that way. I’ve heard both sides of the argument, but I’m unable to sort it all out. As for Iran, I’m not happy with their leadership, but their people have done nothing to me. I’d prefer to open up trade and flood them with western influence in hopes that the good folks over there take power. I‘m against attacking them preemptively because it’s against the just war theory of Christianity. Leaving them alone would be the best strategy I can think of at the moment. I don’t believe all the stuff put out there by the media. It’s nothing more than war propaganda. You can’t go saying that just because I supported Ron Paul during the primaries that I believe Israel is bad and Iran is good. He’s never said anything of the sort.
Report Post »WakingSheep
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 10:46amYou have no knowledge of the past century of colonization in the middle east.
Report Post »You have to remember…. These countries don’t have ADD like the USA….
We might have the clocks…. They have the time.
LOJ
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 12:05pmSo….who will get to be the first recipient of a Nuclear Armed ICBM? This is the way to hasten the Mahdi and Armageddon for Islam.
Report Post »db321
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 12:15pmRodger 10-4 we have the target in site!
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 12:20pmwould probably happen in the distant future if the US goes bankrupt
Report Post »ConservativeMomofFour
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 12:35pmof course they deny the accusation. It buys them more time and that idiot in the White House isn’t going to do anything about it. Gog and Magog have come together. We as a Christian Nation must turn to God and he will heal our Nation and help us defeat our enemies.
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:51am…
Report Post »Wonder how much of America’s money went into the building of this plant.
Barack Hussein Obama is the best friend the Muslims (Islam) has ever had.
XScramblerX
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 12:31pmAnd the sheeple take it hook line and sinker! As if Iran would tell anyone that they are ready! More propaganda to invoke war. If they really wanted to, they could have had Imadinnerjacket in custody several times. But no this guy can go to the UN or to a school here in America and spew his hate and say that he has nuclear capabilities and will wipe Israel of the map, with no repercussions, but a US army vet says he’s sharpening an ax and is whisked of to an insane asylum pronto! ? WAKE UP PEOPLE ! Just see how far you can go when publicly stating ” I will annihilate all Jewish people on the planet ! I thought so! More UN bull! If the planet needs to rid itself of anything, it’s the UN ! UN out of the US – US out of the UN!! Unless you want to fight for criminal international bankers.
Report Post »WakingSheep
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 2:26pmProbably not as much as the US embassy in Iraq….
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:45am…
Report Post »America must stand with Israel.
Iran must not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons.
If Iran destroys Israel, America will be next on their list.
TJexcite
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:41amIt is a Russian Nuclear reactor that just happens to be built in Iran. As long as the money and oil keep flowing to Russia this “toy” will keep running. If Iran does anything that even looks like it will cause the money or oil to dry up, the real owners of this plant will come and take it back.
Report Post »burned at edges
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:54amlooks like a mosque
Report Post »burned at edges
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:39amonly slightly less dangerous
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:47amYay! Go Iran defend yourselves and live prosperously. now no other country can bully you and invade you.
Report Post »RedheadedStepchild
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:44amI would normally have no problem with any country developing and protecting themselves, however this is not a rogue nation because they have a different ideology than lets say…most western nations…no, they are the epitome of a deranged society and have threatened us and our allies on numerous occasions. That they provide weapons to other rogue nations…so do we, but we don’t allow our men to marry nine year olds, hang homosexuals, stone women or cut off the hands of three years old because they are hungry and stole and apple, this country DOES and for that I cannot trust people that have no value in human life to wield such a powerful stick. It is as simple as that, people may want to pretend that they are just like any other nation, but they are not. Do other horrific countries have nukes…yep, but adding one more to the block does not make sense. If Iran stopped this tyrannical mind set and would treat their people with a bit level headedness then I can see where open dialogue can begin, but until then I see no other choice but to halt these nuclear ambitions. To see it otherwise is understandable but not practical, no matter the fall out afterwards.
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 12:00pm…
Report Post »IRAN is the BULLY. Iran’s Muslims seek World domination.
They want to annihilate all Jews, Christians, and non-Muslims.
kapnkd
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 12:42pmMay YOU be the first one to perish when their “products” are exported and brought across our borders to “ATTACK” our Western way of life.
Get it through your head: They are not out to defend but instead ATTACK the infidels. No piece or purity in their heads or hearts – only Islamic Word Domination.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 1:11pmthey have never attacked another country in 200 years and they have been attacked before, Pakistan is strictly Muslim and they have nukes and never used them, nobody wants to risk their own death to kill someone else like that. Iran will use these nukes for defense like all the other countries have.
Report Post »resme
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 1:12pm“May YOU be the first one to perish when their “products” are exported and brought across our borders to “ATTACK” our Western way of life.”
Did you get that from a foxnews infomercial?
Report Post »WindyDualism
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 1:39pmUm, it’s called a proxy, moron. Who are the lovely hezbo’s and hamass chaps? Just because you wake and bake, doesn’t mean you can spew forth happily. Is it still Johnson or will you change your pic to Perot next week?
Report Post »chalkdust
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 5:13pm“they have never attacked another country in 200 years and they have been attacked before, Pakistan is strictly Muslim and they have nukes and never used them, nobody wants to risk their own death to kill someone else like that. Iran will use these nukes for defense like all the other countries have”.
Armchair foreign policy experts! Where did you get all this expertise? I saw that you used the term “neo-con” in another post so that tells me pretty much all I need to know. AJ. You have no idea what you’re talking about. Iran seeks nuclear weapons to dominate the entire middle east. It is strategic. Nor do you understand the ramifications for the world. A nuclear armed Iran also means the eventual destruction of Israel. It really is game over for Israel. It’s just a matter of time ounce Iran becomes an official member of the club. In the years to come as Iran’s influence grows in the region, Israel will have diminishing options and then it becomes a waiting game for Iran. Understand that Israel is already in check and this will lead to checkmate. Nukes may never fly but served their purpose.
Report Post »Or, Israel could lay waste to the entire region and somehow hope we would be able to defend them against Russia and China who are defense partners with Iran. Or, this would touch off nuclear global Armageddon. Options are running out quickly.
justangry
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:43am@Chalkdust, I get mine from a combination of sources, but mainly trust folks like Michael Scheuer and Karen Kwiatkowski, whose opinions are more inline with what I seen when I was over there. Where do you get your views from? I‘m guessing from the folks that said the world was going to end because of Iraq’s WMD’s.
Report Post »Vic Tory
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:16am…And here’s Ali with the weather forecast…
Report Post »…Thanks Muhammed. Tomorrow’s forecast: Sunny and 3000 degrees. The weather forecast brought to you by the Israeli Air Force. Back to you Muhammed.
All Pro
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:31amNo one is going to tolerate Israel radiating US troops.
Report Post »Vic Tory
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:58amIf it means their self-defense, yes they will. I will, therefore your statement doesn’t hold water.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:42amWHY isn’t this the LEAD STORY, BLAZE?
Report Post »The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:12amI’ve heard conflicting reports of this for a week. Don’t you need more than one reactor for a nuke? I’ve also heard that the only step left for their scientists is to harvest more pure uranium.
As for Irans claims, we know better than to trust a totalitarian regime with anything it says. Remember the claims Cuba made about its healthcare? Yeahhhhh no.
Report Post »All Pro
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:12amIran says thank you to the CIA and the US state department. Without their help none of this could have been possible. This is the result of over throwing a democratically elected government and installing a puppet, the Shah of Iran. You would think with the long string of foreign policy failures and the fact that we can’t get our own affairs in order, we’d stop telling the rest of the world what to do and how to live. But no, progressives never learn. The progressive motto would appear to be
Report Post »“If at first you don’t succeed, do it again but use more violent means the second time.”
We will soon be at war with everyone in the middle east except Israel. Oh but that also includes Russia and China. I wonder how many nukes those 2 have. Romney‘s foreign policy will be the same as George W Bush’s. Their going to have to re-institute the draft.
Ron Paul was right!
RedheadedStepchild
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:55amI agree, we have to stop getting involved in supporting, helping, etc with regime change in other countries…it never works out. But this nation is not just normal people wanting a normal life (not the government anyway) as I said in my prior post. I am not talking about their saber rattling, I am talking about what they already do to their own, their ideology, this makes them having such a powerful tool dangerous to the world stage. Chavez is a nut, Saudi’s have a crazy Sharia theology that subjugates women…but Iran is like Pakistan…or the Taliban. I don’t know if you really understand or know how they treat people, especially women-horrific does not even come close. It is unethical and dangerous to the entire world for a country that treats its citizens like this to have the capacity to wipe out cities. We might have helped create this rabid dog, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t put it down.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:44amMaybe Iran is a classic case of a country performing “ Suicide by Cop ” – i.e., nuclear weapons .
Report Post »nobull14
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:36amThat’s great.now are friends the Russian back stabbing boozers will build them another one ?.
Report Post »burned at edges
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:49amhopefully the russians used the same design as chernobyl
Report Post »TheLastBestHopeofManOnEarth
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:27amWe need to pray hard and hope that Israel will do what our Administration will not. Nuclear power comes with inspectors and restrictions. If they refuse then we need to be proactive. The leadership wants to wipe out the big Satan and little Satan. We are already past the point of no return and we need to infor the American public that this Threat is REAL.
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:57am@ Ayatollah Khomeini
Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it.
And, considering the law of unintended consequences…
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:56amThey were coached by this administration to build a reactor that when destroyed, would radiate the area so as to promote a solid reason to replace the ridiculous koran burning reasons for jihad. The people of Iran (by regard of their own governments election rigging), do not matter to their “leaders” and will be sacrificed for any reason to further the strange and hateful cult of islam.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:21amAll that I can say is “Operation Opera.”
Report Post »BelindaB
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:53amBut their brains have Not reached anywhere Near Full-Capacity
Report Post »justangry
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:40amThose evil bastards, wanting electricity. The gull!
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:14amTry weapons grade plutonium.
Report Post »HOOT_OWL
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:24amYeah.. You know when I decide to do a upgrade on my property ,
the first thing I tell my wife is ..
Honey.. I want to destroy my neighbors house..!
Report Post »justangry
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:39am@Bo, I‘m not all that concerned because they haven’t proved themselves to be an aggressive state, and I don’t buy into the UN/CFR propaganda. There are things in this world I have no control over and I’m not going to let fear run my life.
@Hoot_Owl, Sounds like some EPA bullsh*t to me. I spent my entire navy career sleeping on a nuclear reactor and never lost a minute of sleep.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:42amANGRY: Yes. Those nice Iranian clerics who took American hostages during the Carter Administration are also having fun under the Obama Administration are ONLY interested in electricity. (Forget that they declared the goal of wiping Israel off the map ) You sound like a naive reporter who believed the crazies just needed to voice their opinions to the West. Duh.
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:11amSo much intervention has occurred in Iran over the last 50 years and it is impossible to know whether Iran is acting in self defense or future aggression. We would be foolish to go head-long into another full scale war with a country three times the size of Iraq
Report Post »barber2
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:28amSOY: Yeah, just wait for the guy who has threatened to kill you to make the first move. Just like the Japanese did at Pearl Harbor. Wouldn‘t want to do anything that wasn’t PC – then have “ the world ” not like us…..
Report Post »zipzap
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:35amYou’re not just dumb, your duuuuuuuuuuumb.
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:51am@Barber
right, it’s not enough to assinate their scientists, hack into their cyber systems, and cripple their economy with sanctions….Lets launch another pre-emptive attack – because it worked out so well last time.
You are Theblaze version of Joe Biden
Report Post »justangry
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:21am@Barber, You know that quote was a mistranslation, and the hostages weren’t totally unprovoked. I don’t believe it was the right thing to do, but I do recognize that our CIA agents have come clean and said what they did to them in the 50′s. All they wanted was an apology for it. Reagan gave them weapons instead. Do you believe overthrowing their elected government and replacing it with an evil dictator was the “Christian” thing to do? Do you believe that didn’t happen, or do you think they did something to provoke it? I think it is wrong. I think most of the stuff the globalists in our country are doing is wrong. I don’t believe they represent the will of the people, but the the media, being globalists themselves, doesn’t shine the light on their dirty deeds. I think for us to continue to be the shining city on the hill we should follow the golden rule, or expect retaliation. I’m certainly not going to buy into what the UN and CFR have to say on this issue. They‘ve proven that they’re evil organizations. And before you say it, I‘m not blaming America for the world’s problem. I‘m blaming SPECIFIC people that I don’t believe represent what we’re all about. In other words, Americans are great, but being manipulated by a few power hungry elite animals.
Report Post »resme
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 12:20pm@barber,
“Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will her heart, her benedictions and her prayers be. But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.”
“She well knows that by once enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication, in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy, and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standard of freedom.”
“The fundamental maxims of her policy would insensibly change from liberty to force….
Report Post »She might become the dictatress of the world. She would be no longer the ruler of her own spirit….
[America's] glory is not dominion, but liberty. Her march is the march of the mind. She has a spear and a shield: but the motto upon her shield is, Freedom, Independence, Peace. This has been her Declaration: this has been, as far as her necessary intercourse with the rest of mankind would permit, her practice.”
Individualism
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 1:13pmhow dare Iran defend themselves from potential American Neo Con Crusader invasion? good for Iran, they can defend themselves now or soon.
Report Post »WindyDualism
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 4:49pmThere should be a rule about too many rabid Paulbots in one thread. Please, go to Paleostan and shake hands with some of Iran’s proxy killers. Please. Take an olive branch and some mexican weed with you by all means, but go and report back about the peaceful regime that doesn‘t fund hamas or the hezbo’s. Shake hands, share a spliff and report back on your firsthand findings.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 5:52pm@Windy, You fascist love making rules, don’t ya? I don‘t believe it’s good that Iran is arming Hamas and Hezbolla. I also don’t think it was good for us to arm Al Queda, but I don’t want bombs falling on my head because our leaders did that. You poke fun, but I think I’ve heard somewhere that “blessed are the peacemakers”.
Report Post »tzion
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:51pm@Just
Report Post »We armed the Afghans so they would fight our enemy, the Soviets, for us. The Soviets knew we were behind it and they knew that there was nothing they could do about it. But while they were ousting an invader, Hamas and Hezbollah seek to cause civilian deaths by the thousands. Al Qaeda became anti-west after we stopped funding them and they were then sponsored primarily by Afghanistan’s Taliban. You‘ll notice we didn’t take kindly to that. If our war in Afghanistan was just then Israel’s conflict with Iran is justified for the same reasons. The only reason Israel has waited until the threat was nuclear was that such a campaign would be costly and the threat wasn’t significant enough to warrant that response. With a nuclear Iran the potential cost of not acting is much higher and the alternative is now more favorable. It may seem crude to put this in economic terms but these are things that true leaders must consider in these kind of conflicts. Do you simply fight the enemy while cutting off support, or is it better to take out their source of power in order to make them toothless? Israel has been content to simply accept Iranian support for terrorists as a given because they felt it was an acceptable risk. Iran disrupted that status quot and that’s what has lead us to this point.
WindyDualism
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:40pmJust
Report Post »Are you angrier knowing that I am not a facist? Stay angry, it feeds you in time of hunger, and muchies from what I hear. But Paul says, and no Johnson says, but but but. Sure. I am indy and I can maintain the ability to sway with the wind. We got problems on many fronts. Some people break them down now into good vs evil. Keep being indy, ride that fence while you can. Indy now just means you think you can bitch and moan over either side without ever taking a side. Big of you. Facist because I actually think these whack jobs pose an actual threat? Puhlease. Find your solace in the rants of “Individualism” if that brings you comfort-you and your anger do not confront me.
justangry
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:55pm@Tzion, It’s not really different from their perspective. They see the folks coming to Israel from Europe and Russia as invaders as we saw the Soviets in Afghanistan as invaders. I’m not excusing their actions any more than ours. I’m not quite sure what to think about the European settlers. Isn’t that a large source of contention among the Arabs and Persians, and what are you thoughts on that?
Report Post »justangry
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 12:21am@WindyDualism, For someone who just joined a couple of days ago, you sure have a great familiarity of all the folks that supported Ron Paul during the primaries. Which RP hater are you, and don‘t you think it’s lame that you have to create multiple accounts to spread your anti-Paul rhetoric? Someone got a new free e-mail account solely to troll the Blaze to attempt to intimidate Libertarians and Constitutionalists. How pathetic.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:26amJust kick-starting our day, y’all.
PRAYING ON, absolutely, and with great delight knowing that our GOD IS IN CHARGE.
Bet HE’d like to hear more from HIS kids about how great HE IS and how much we LOVE and TRUST HIM.
If you haven’t been in touch with HIM lately, it would be good to do that. Time seems to be running short.
Love you BLAZERS! GOD BLESS AND PROTECT IN JESUS’ MIGHTY NAME, amen.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:34amMorning Kick……….Yes. we must continue to be watchmen. Some hear, some don’t, some see and others refuse to open their eyes. Pray on.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:37amThank you granny, it is a beautifull morning here in Ohio-though it may change quickly-I spent Friday evening doing what grandparents, and parents, etc do across this land, watching high school football and yelling and clapping for the fine young people of our nation. (we won). I am afraid for these good things, I know what Iran has in mind for the world. It’s such a pretty morning-maybe Obama will go golfing. I’m praying we have time for a new president to put some of the sword shakeing away for awhile.
Report Post »americansfightingforcommonsense
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:01amIt’s just a matter of time now, before we are at war with most of the Middle East. We have been set up to fail by this administration and now our only to survive is to elect Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan to the WH. BHO must go as POTUS! Question is; Is it too late? Can America be saved and this wonderful experiment continue? May God Bless America and Israel.
Report Post »jcldwl
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:16amYou are correct and I believe it is to late to stop.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:18amIs it too late?
To slow down their program, no.
To keep the inevitable from happening (aquisition of a working device): almost yes.
In the case of a working nuclear device, the only way to ensure it could never be used is to remove them from the hands of Iran’s government itself physically (we go and snatch them up). The fact is that since the US developed the first fission bomb in the 40s, the genie has been out of the bottle.
This reactor will give to Iran a sustained ability for about ten years to generate enough enriched uranium to build between five to ten devices per year; unless the reactor is crippled or goes away for good…even then it will only delay the programs for a few years.
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:23amwe are already at war with the middle east
Report Post »Polarized America
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:04amsometimes i think that Ahmadinejad is like the guy that pulls out a gun with no intention of using it.
and i understand that being a ““martyr ”” is a big deal to those mooselims, so if Israel strikes it will set the middle east on fire and insure a vengeful caliphate.
and wasn’t it the middle east that invented the game of Chess ?…Since Israel said they wanted to strike iran before our Nov. election, Egypt has allowed iranian war ships to enter the Mediterranean.
Report Post »And the Russians are friend’s with Iran & Syria as well …..hummmm …your move
GlennaBeckski
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 7:55amSooooooooo .. what’s the moral of the story? I know nothing about nuclear power. Ok,so it’s reached 1,000 megawatts. How does that effect the U.S. or Israel? Again, and the point is?
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:06amthe point is to keep you alarmed and scared
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:14am1000 Mwt Reactor: generates in one year of operation an average amount of enriched uranium for weapons development to craft between five to ten 20kt devices. Also smaller amounts of plutonium are forged within the core elements as well; allowing eventually for the fusion “H bomb” to be sought.
Understand this reactor is not built for power alone; it is built for the GROWTH of a nuclear weapons program.
Search through the archives of the Strategic Studies Institute for articles and publications (free and for download as PDF files) on Iran, Middle East arms race, the Arab Bomb and the like.
Study them as I have and then tell me this reactor falls into the category of “So what is it to us?”
Report Post »GlennaBeckski
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 9:21am@ Snow .. I KNOW Iran wants nothing more than to wipe the U.S. and Israel off the face of the map.. I KNOW that. I‘ve heard for several years now up until quite recently that they’re getting very close to having the capability to do so. I think last I heard they would have the ability to do so within a year.. Is this article insinuating their ability and plans have escalated? If so, why don’t they state that. Is this why Israel is seriously considering a preemtive strike? If so, why don’t they mention that. My point was .. the article seems incomplete at the very least.
Report Post »zipzap
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:38amPerhaps you need to chill out. You’re getting all sweaty and frothy-mouthed. Maybe the story is the story. To do the lib propaganda media thing would be to embelish the story and make it less than truthful. Give the Blaze credit for reporting the story. After all, isn’t that what news organizations do?
Report Post »grayling646
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 1:32pmHere’s what I took from it: Their reactor is up and running now. That means they can enrich uranium. That means we know they will produce nuclear tipped missiles. That means we’re either going to let them do it or bomb the facility. IT’S TIME TO MAKE A DECISION.
That’s what I took from the story. I didn’t need them to explain all that. I’m already aware.
Report Post »GlennaBeckski
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 4:25pmAnd this information comes from?? A Senior Iranian Nuclear Official?? As I mentioned earlier.. it would seem they‘ve made remarkable progress or else we’ve been give erroneous information in the past.
Report Post »grayling646
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:15pmYou‘re the only one I could find who’s doubting that it’s 100%. Maybe you could share a link. If you‘re right and they’re lying, where‘s the U S gov’t officials or Fox contributors and such who would be telling us that it’s a lie?
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 7:46amIran has built more nuclear power plants in the last 30 years than USA has
Report Post »randy
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:15amYep……….. Iran 1 USA 0
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