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Rach3
Mr. Bush keeps on with his empty rhetoric, while highly-enriched uranium (weapons-grade) is flying around the former Soviet bloc like so many drunk bees.
You can search the State of Union speeches and contrast the reality with the colorful illusion American politics is living in.
2002 - "And second, we must prevent the terrorists and regimes who seek chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons for threatening the United States and the World".
2003 - "We are working with other governments to secure nuclear material in the former Soviet Union..."
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/washington/20070123_STATEOFUNION.html
Well, that was four years ago. Loose Soviet materials and/or terrorist nuclear ambitions have not been mentioned in 2005, 2006 or 2007; instead he's shifted his talk exclusively to the Iranian and North Korean programs.
So, who's going to take political responsibility for this issue? Clinton hasn't. Bush failed at it. Anyone who takes this on in a serious and productive manner has my attention.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/25/world/europe/25smuggling.html?hp&ex=1169701200&en=7383b09a27c94149&ei=5094&partner=homepageGeorgia Says It Blocked Smuggling of Arms-Grade Uranium
TBILISI, Georgia, Jan. 24 — Georgian authorities intercepted an illicit shipment of highly enriched uranium last January, the second seizure of weapons-grade material here in two and a half years, officials here say.
The interior minister, Ivane Merabishvili, said in a recent interview that agents had arrested a Russian man carrying 100 grams of uranium, a little under four ounces, into Georgia from Russia. The authorities had previously reported that they had arrested a man in 2003 trying to cross the border between Georgia and Armenia with 170 grams of uranium.
...The 2006 smuggling case, which has not been previously reported, is expected to be noted in a report from the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency on illicit nuclear activities, agency officials said. That report is expected to be released this week.
... He said that agents had learned about the raw uranium from sources in the criminal underworld and that the investigation was continuing.
The Georgian officials said they believed that corrupt law enforcement officials in Abkhazia had helped ensure the safe passage of the shipment. Officials in Abkhazia said they had not been informed about the arrest, but they promised to assist in any investigation.
You can search the State of Union speeches and contrast the reality with the colorful illusion American politics is living in.
2002 - "And second, we must prevent the terrorists and regimes who seek chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons for threatening the United States and the World".
2003 - "We are working with other governments to secure nuclear material in the former Soviet Union..."
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/washington/20070123_STATEOFUNION.html
Well, that was four years ago. Loose Soviet materials and/or terrorist nuclear ambitions have not been mentioned in 2005, 2006 or 2007; instead he's shifted his talk exclusively to the Iranian and North Korean programs.
So, who's going to take political responsibility for this issue? Clinton hasn't. Bush failed at it. Anyone who takes this on in a serious and productive manner has my attention.
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