Washington Times: Dirty Bombs Away!

Of course the Moonies concur with John Bolton that Israel must strike the soon-to-be-activated, harmless light water reactor at Bushehr in Western Iran – an act which would be certain to drag the United States into a high-casualty catastrophe within moments. But the authors of this unsigned editorial in the Washington Times tonight suggest that the Israelis needn’t strike by this weekend. Why the discrepancy?

Mr. Bolton set that deadline because he was concerned that destroying an operational plant would create a radiation hazard, but a strike that left the site radioactive would hinder Iranian attempts to get it back up and running.

Besides,

Civilian casualties would be minimal because the site is located nine miles downwind of the city of Bushehr, and potential [radioactive] fallout would drift over either the Gulf close to Iran or the immediate area, which is arid and sparsely populated.

Hat Tip, eXiled.

Author: Scott Horton

Scott Horton is editorial director of Antiwar.com, director of the Libertarian Institute, host of Antiwar Radio on Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles, California and podcasts the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He’s the author of the 2017 book, Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan and editor of The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019. He’s conducted more than 5,000 interviews since 2003. Scott lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, investigative reporter Larisa Alexandrovna Horton. He is a fan of, but no relation to the lawyer from Harper’s. Scott’s Twitter, YouTube, Patreon.

4 thoughts on “Washington Times: Dirty Bombs Away!”

  1. for once let us see from irannian perspective.some foreign government want to destroy your nuclear power plant that its only use is for producing electricity and what excuse do they have?israelis feel uncomfortable.common sense suggest that you built n-bomb to deter warmongers from attacking you.

  2. Light water reactors like Bushehr consume fissile material, they don't produce it. The Plutonium in the spent fuel rods is useless for bomb-making, due to the high proportion of Pu-240.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu-240

    The people spouting off on this are either dishonest Likudniks (not that there's any other kind) or are just plain stupid. (Maybe both.) We need Gordon Prather now more than ever.

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