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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 924632" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Sec. of Defense Panetta along with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dempsey were on Face the Nation yesterday and about 1 minute 20 seconds into the interview, Sec. Panetta made it very clear that Iran doesn't have nuclear weapons or the more important point he admits they are not trying to develop a nuclear weapon. See the vid <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3460_162-57354645/panetta-iran-cannot-develop-nukes-block-strait/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000">here.</span></a> But what is the capability Iran is trying to achieve that has everyone so worked up? </p><p></p><p>From what I've read, nobody objected to Iran processing 4% nuclear material which is what is used to generate nuke power. Iran (unlike Israel) is a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty but it appears to me that where the current upset lay is Iran is in fact upping the capability to process 20% nuke material which is necessary in nuclear medicine. The medical isotopes are used in cancer treatment. Iran is still having problems achieving this level and is still having to buy the 20% material from outside sources. Can a 20% centrifuge cascade be upscaled to process 90% material for nuke weapons? Sure but the scale and cost to achieve is again very big. </p><p></p><p>North Korea began it's entry into the nuclear ago in <a href="http://terrorism.about.com/od/usforeignpolicy/a/NorthKorea.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000">1962'</span></a> and here we are 50 years later and ironic that the London newspaper Telegraph <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/8965464/Kim-Jong-il-dead-North-Koreas-nuclear-weapon-stockpile.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000">reports</span></a> today that North Korea at best have a dozen nukes and there's good cause to question that they still have any at all. </p><p></p><p>IMO, the nuclear excuse is just the cover story not unlike the whole WMD or Al Qaeda connections we used to go after Saddam Hussein and Iraq. But then this begs the question, what is the real reason?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 924632, member: 2189"] Sec. of Defense Panetta along with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dempsey were on Face the Nation yesterday and about 1 minute 20 seconds into the interview, Sec. Panetta made it very clear that Iran doesn't have nuclear weapons or the more important point he admits they are not trying to develop a nuclear weapon. See the vid [URL="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3460_162-57354645/panetta-iran-cannot-develop-nukes-block-strait/"][COLOR=#ff0000]here.[/COLOR][/URL] But what is the capability Iran is trying to achieve that has everyone so worked up? From what I've read, nobody objected to Iran processing 4% nuclear material which is what is used to generate nuke power. Iran (unlike Israel) is a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty but it appears to me that where the current upset lay is Iran is in fact upping the capability to process 20% nuke material which is necessary in nuclear medicine. The medical isotopes are used in cancer treatment. Iran is still having problems achieving this level and is still having to buy the 20% material from outside sources. Can a 20% centrifuge cascade be upscaled to process 90% material for nuke weapons? Sure but the scale and cost to achieve is again very big. North Korea began it's entry into the nuclear ago in [URL="http://terrorism.about.com/od/usforeignpolicy/a/NorthKorea.htm"][COLOR=#ff0000]1962'[/COLOR][/URL] and here we are 50 years later and ironic that the London newspaper Telegraph [URL="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/8965464/Kim-Jong-il-dead-North-Koreas-nuclear-weapon-stockpile.html"][COLOR=#ff0000]reports[/COLOR][/URL] today that North Korea at best have a dozen nukes and there's good cause to question that they still have any at all. IMO, the nuclear excuse is just the cover story not unlike the whole WMD or Al Qaeda connections we used to go after Saddam Hussein and Iraq. But then this begs the question, what is the real reason? [/QUOTE]
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