Saturday, April 22, 2006
If only they had oil
Our Dear Embattled Leader would be hard at work (preznidenting is hard work, you know) protecting us from what is happening at our very doorstep, in Brazil. Thanks be, to the St Louis Post-Dispatch for uncovering this hidden menace.
As Iran faces international pressure over developing the raw material for nuclear weapons, Brazil is quietly preparing to open its own uranium enrichment center, capable of producing exactly the same fuel.Maybe we should tell ODEL about all the ethanol they have, that might do the trick.
Brazil - like Iran - has signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, and Brazil's constitution bans the military use of nuclear energy.
Also like Iran, Brazil has cloaked key aspects of its nuclear technology in secrecy while insisting the program is for peaceful purposes.
While Brazil is more cooperative than Iran on international inspections, some worry its new enrichment capability - which eventually will create more fuel than is needed for its two nuclear plants - suggests that South America's biggest nation may be rethinking its commitment to nonproliferation.
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