Can't Tell The Middle East Players Without A Program

[From article]
The forces that do not want a U.S. nuclear deal with Iran, nor any U.S. detente with Iran, are impressive.
Among them are the Israelis and their powerful lobby AIPAC, the Saudis and their Sunni allies on the Persian Gulf, a near unanimity of Republicans and a plurality of Democrats in Congress.
[. . .]
First, the alternative to a truce — breaking off of negotiations, doubling down on demands Iran dismantle all nuclear facilities, tougher sanctions — inevitably leads to war. And we all know it.
[. . .]
Why Iran wants to avoid war is obvious. Given U.S. air, missile and naval power, and cyberwarfare capabilities, a war with the United States would do to Iran what we did to Iraq, smash it up, set it back decades, perhaps break up the country.
Some mullahs may be fanatics, but Iran is not run by fools.
[. . .]
In the war to expel the Islamic State from Iraq, we and Iran are on the same side.
[. . .]
Consider Yemen.
This week, the Saudis sent their air force against the Houthi rebels who had seized the capital of Sanaa, driven out the president, and have now driven south to Aden to take over half of the country.
Why is the Saudi air force attacking the Houthis?
The Houthis belong to a sect close to the Shiite and are supported by Iran.

http://buchanan.org/blog/the-enemy-of-my-enemy-15787

The Enemy of My Enemy
Friday - March 27, 2015 at 1:32 am
By Patrick J. Buchanan

Assessing Threat From EMP Attack

empcommission.org

[From article]
Federal agencies that regulate nuclear power stations are rushing to address a potential threat from an electromagnetic pulse attack on the U.S. electric grid: nuclear power plant meltdowns.
The good news is that the issue and proposed fix are easy. The bad news is that there is growing concern that an EMP attack, either from a North Korean nuclear bomb or a solar storm, will occur first.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/nuke-plants-face-emp-disaster-as-feds-scramble-for-quick-fix/article/2559982

Nuke plants face EMP disaster as feds scramble for quick fix
BY PAUL BEDARD
FEBRUARY 9, 2015 | 2:22 PM

Israeli Prime Minister Asks, "If White House Nuclear Deal With Iran Is Good, Why Hide It?"

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speeks at the Conference of Presidents in Jerusalem, February 16, 2015. 

(photo credit:MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)

[From article]
Israeli-US public sparring over the Iranian issue continued Monday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asking, if the emerging agreement with Tehran is a good one, why hide the details? Netanyahu’s comments at the annual meeting in Jerusalem of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations came the same day that The Washington Post’s David Ignatius reported that the US had decided to “reduce the exchange of sensitive information about the Iran talks,” because of a concern that Netanyahu’s office had leaked “sensitive de

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Netanyahu-If-theres-a-good-nuclear-deal-with-Iran-then-why-hide-it-391235


By HERB KEINON

02/16/2015 20:56
Netanyahu: If emerging nuclear deal with Iran is so good, why hide it?

Sen. Reid Stalls Movement of Nuclear Waste To Yucca Mountain Contrary To Law

[From article]
Nevada's Sen. Harry Reid, like almost all Nevadans, regards the repository as a threat to Las Vegas, a gamblers' destination that lives off tourists who are demonstrably irrational about probabilities. Reid prefers the status quo — more than 160 million Americans living within 75 miles of one or more of the 121 locations where over 70,000 tons of nuclear waste are kept.
The court, which was concerned only with the law, not the mountain, said "the president must follow statutory mandates so long as there is appropriated money available and the president has no constitutional objection to the statute." He has none, and Reid has not yet quite succeeded in starving the NRC of funding for the Yucca licensing process.


http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/will082213.php3#.UhmR3N00jDo
           
Jewish World Review
A mountain of illegality
By George Will
August 22,2013

UN Nuclear Expert's Death Suspicious


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1224377/British-nuclear-expert-s-17th-floor-UN-death-plunge-suicide.html

British nuclear expert’s 17th floor UN death plunge ‘was not suicide’
Daily Mail (UK)
By Keri Sutherland
November 1, 2009