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Nuclear Energy - Is the World Ready For it?
by Angelina Ong
Let's face it, whenever a country talks about wanting to develop nuclear energy, thoughts would spring in the heads of world political leaders whether the country is innocently developing an alternative energy, or wanting to find a loophole somewhere to build nuclear weapons.
Incidentally, last weekend's headline was China being hard-pressed against a decision to support US against Iran's nuclear program.
The U.S., its European allies and United Nations inspectors suspect Iran is trying to develop the means to build a nuclear weapon under the guise of a civilian atomic-energy program. Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. Source: Business Week
On the other hand, at the turn of this week we see Obama pushing forward a nuclear program as a clean energy source. Can we trust that it is solely for the purpose of green energy, if we cannot trust Iran's proposal?
Only time will tell, but for any mature politician with a knowledge of history, we learnt how devastating and damaging nuclear weapons could be, evident since World War II. If we did not learn the lesson then, we will pay it with the lives of our children.
There are many clean energy available in this world, but why nuclear energy? This atomic substance, we know, can be friendly, yet may turn into the world's enemy if it is misused. Do we want to risk a leak of the radiative substance, melting the face of our children, or do we want to find other alternative sources such as solar, wind, water, bio-energy as alternative sources for green technology?
The answers remain in the hearts of normal civilians in this world, people who could not make a decision even though the world is talking so much about democracy. It is more of a demo-crazy, and there should not be any double-standards. If one country is not allowed nuclear programs, there should not be another that is allowed. And we wonder why Israel needs nuclear energy, yet experts say that it will be in 2030. Why not now? Is there a political agenda behind it?
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Paltalk News - Alan Jasie talks about Iran
Today, as reported in the Washington Post, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Michael Mullen ,spoke of the Pentagon's planning for "potential military courses of action" against Iran. Citing what he says as Iran's continued "increasingly lethal and malign influence" in Iraq.
Admiral Mullen said, "It would be a mistake to think that we are out of combat capability" noting that the U.S .has plenty in reserve with the Navy and Air Force.
The Admiral did say it would "extremely stressing" but not impossible for a military action. With the nomination of current Iraqi commander, Gen. David Petreaus, to head all the armed forces in the region, could the U.S. really be contemplating a third front in the region?
For several months now, the saber rattling aimed at Iran has been continuous. Last year, the U.S. branded Iran's Quds Force, a branch of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard ,as a terrorist arm of the Iranian government. The accusations state that they are training and equipping the insurgents in Iraq with weaponry and lethal improvised explosive devices. The IED's have been the cause of most of the casualties that coalition forces have sustained since the collapse of the Iraqi regime led by Saddam Hussein.
Iran has for many years has also armed the terrorist organization Hezbollah in Lebanon since the early 1980's in their fight to control this once peaceful nation. Hezbollah has also been engaged in hostilities with Israel since that time, firing thousands of Iranian made missiles into Israel. In 2006, the two sides fought for 34 days resulting in more than 1,300 casualties.
Israel is a frequent target in speeches made by Iranian Pres. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who calls for Israel to be wiped of the map. Iran has also ignored calls from governments around the world and the United Nations to be more open about their nuclear intentions.
While the Iranians still claim it is strictly for use as a source of energy, most Western governments, particularly the United States, are not buying the Iranian's claims that they are not working on nuclear weapons. With oil prices approaching $120 a barrel is the world ready for another conflict in the region that could further drive up the price of this increasingly precious commodity?
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