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Consider the USA’s position as nuclear police, then put yourself in the position of a third world nation on the receiving end of this “gift”. Here are some of
by ic0n0cl4st 6y ago
Consider the USA’s position as nuclear police, then put yourself in the position of a third world nation on the receiving end of this “gift”.
Here are some of the very valid questions a poor country would have to ask.
“Do we really want America’s unreliable foreign policy to effectively control our ability to generate electricity? What if we piss off the wrong diplomat, hire the wrong leader, or if our people believe in the wrong god? What if they decide to destroy our economy via embargoes? Where will we get our fissionable materials? Will they pull a stuxnet on us ? Will they assassinate our top nuclear engineers?”
- fuoqi 6y agoJust buy your nuclear plant from Russia or China. They don't have a habit of using dependency on their high-tech export to strangle other countries (hell, Russia even supplies its nuclear fuel to Ukraine, even though it could've been a really painful place to apply pressure). Unless you want to manufacture your own fuel from start to finish, you will have almost no issues with the IAEA.
- ic0n0cl4st 6y agoSure, but This doesn’t get around America destroying your economy via sanctions and embargoes. It also doesn’t prevent America and Israel from assassinating your nuclear physicists and engineers, or attacking your infrastructure with viruses like we did to Iran with Stuxnet.