This week on FAIR TV, NBC got a scoop: Iran’s new president says his country isn’t interested in a nuclear bomb. NBC–and other outlets–treated this as big news. But it’s not.
Plus: Time magazine finds a link between mass shooters and government whistleblowers, and NBC tries to do some Obamacare fact-checking. It doesn’t go very well.
If Iran wants nuclear power for peaceful uses, it has to submit to inspection and buy fuel rods and not enrich its own. The important fact not to be missed is that Iran has already enriched more than sufficient uranium material to build a nuclear weapon. The fact that is converting some of its excess material into a gas form (which by the way can be readily converted back to weapon’s grade material) still leaves an abundant amount for Iran to build the first of its nuclear arsenal. The real issue has been the fact that Iran has built a massive centrifuge capability to enrich all the material it needs at any time. It has already built 18,000 of them with 10,000 in operation, more than sufficient. What matters is if the West can force Rouhani and Khamenei to give up their nuclear ambitions with concrete action and not simply talk. It’s highly doubtful given Rouhani’s long and loyal service to the regime as outlined at the site http://www.hassan-rouhani.info. The only real hope is to continue economic pressure on the regime leadership and enable regime change through the Iranian people.