From our favorite story tellers:
Delayed nuke plant bolsters Iran resolve
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITERBUSHEHR, Iran — For Iranians across the political spectrum, delays in construction of Iran’s first nuclear reactor have become proof that they have to master their own nuclear technology and resist U.N. efforts to stop them. The reactor, already eight years behind schedule, is now snagged on what Iran calls a politically motivated business dispute with longtime ally Russia.
Frustrated Iranian officials says the dispute has made them even more determined to pursue every part of the cycle that can produce either reactor fuel or fissile material for a warhead. Iran also says it wants even more than before to be able to build its own nuclear reactors without outside help.
“The pattern of Russia’s behavior has strengthened Iran’s determination to obtain the full technology to build nuclear power plants and end its dependence,” conservative lawmaker Kazem Jalali told the Associated Press on Saturday.
Ali Akbar Dareini has three or four guys who echo the last line, but “Iran resolve” requires more than a few names. This from the same al-AP that considers the tens of thousands of teachers and workers who demonstrated across the country the past week or so…marginal.
So three-four guys is a national reaction, but tens of thousands is a nuisance of nobodys.
I wonder what the deep thinkers over at Foggy Bottom make of it all?
I know, I know, it’s St Patrick’s Day, they are all celebrating…
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Winston:thinkers over at Foggy Bottom never think or act when they should. that’s the problem
Mar 18, 2007 - 12:20 am M. Simon:Building reactors from scratch is not easy.
Just the control rods and servos are a major technological undertaking. Then there is the coolant flow problem - very difficult to avoid hot spots and yet keep pumping losses low.
Then multi-thousand HP totally sealed water lubricated coolant pumps. Not an easy trick.
I could go on.
Any way that is why you buy instead of build if you can.
The real question is: who are the Russians double crossing? Perhaps JJA might have an insight. May I suggest Kapton insulation the next time the board needs an upgrade?
Mar 18, 2007 - 11:40 am reza:I didn’t get the point of dispute here. Dareini announced the view point of Iranian officials not people. the demonstration you mentioned is about the Iranian people pursuing their other obvious rights. Thus, it doesn’t necessarily mean that Dareini wanted to persuade their readers that this is what people want in Iran. It’s just the rational consequence of Russian’s action on government will.
ML:
Please read the quote again. Al-AP is not presenting these limited statements as the opinions of a handful of Iranians; both the headline and the lede make it out to be a picture of public opinion.
Mar 18, 2007 - 4:40 pm Kourosh:Your comment and use of Al-AP is right on the money. There is no way that a reporter is able to report from Iran for AP unless he is absolutely part of IRT secret services or at least one of their owns. There is no single book, single movie, or any other media activity that can be flourished in Khomeinist era freely and that is the rule. Since, all aspects of the media are totally controlled. From what I have heard, even the material for this Ali Akbar guy is written for him based on certain agenda which is usually making sure the IRT regime of murderers are not compromised. Any one that follows the news out of Iran reported by this guy knows who he is and how he reports. The only problem is that AP being part of Neo Soci and Socialist International; hate US so much that are willing to publish any garbage generated by any terrorist.
Mar 18, 2007 - 10:23 pm Atlas Shrugs:You may not like the AP, Mr. Ledeen, but why go so far as to call them “storytellers”? I’m sure you wouldn’t appreciate the tag, and, as I recall, you were the one who insisted that Khomenei was dead.
ML:
Because they, as I did, should acknowledge their errors.
Mar 23, 2007 - 2:10 pm