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May 27, 2006, 7:50:22 AM5/27/06

AntiWar
May 27, 2006

The Best Congress Money Can Buy

Dr. James Gordon Prather
Nuclear weapons physicist
Nuclear bomb tester at Lawrence Livermore
Technical director of nuclear bomb testings at Sandia
Chief scientist of the U.S. Army
U.S. Navy veteran

Ehud Olmert – who assumed the office of prime minister of Israel earlier this month – has just addressed a joint session of what some cynics have been referring to lately as The Best Congress Money Can Buy.

That's the same Congress where House members voted overwhelmingly (361-37) the day before Olmert's address for a law [1] declaring "it shall be U.S. policy that no U.S. government officer or employee shall negotiate or have substantive contacts with members or official representatives of Hamas" – the political party that just won 76 of the 132 seats in the Palestinian parliament – until it:

* recognizes Israel's right to exist;

* renounces the use of terrorism;

* dismantles the infrastructure necessary to carry out terrorist acts, including disarming militias and elimination of all terror instruments; and

* recognizes and accepts all previous Israel-PLO agreements and understandings.

OK. Congresspersons – on behalf of their constituents – intend to prohibit "negotiations" and "substantive" contact by Americans with the Palestinians.

Well, how about negotiating and/or having substantive contact with the Iranians?

Nothing doing.

After quoting Abraham Lincoln to the effect he had become a "success" because he once had an un-named friend who "believed" in him, Ehud Olmert allowed [2] as how Israel is grateful that America "believes in us".

What makes Ehud Olmert think we do? Said the prime minister:

"Iran, the world's leading sponsor of terror and a notorious violator of fundamental human rights, stands on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons. With these weapons, the security of the entire world is put in jeopardy.

"We deeply appreciate America's leadership on this issue and the strong bipartisan conviction that a nuclear-armed Iran is an intolerable threat to the peace and security of the world. It cannot be permitted to materialize.

"This Congress has proven its conviction by initiating the Iran Freedom Support Act.

"We applaud these efforts.

And well they might.

Because the stated purpose of the "Iran Freedom Support Act" [3] – which also passed overwhelmingly in the House – is "to hold the current regime in Iran accountable for its threatening behavior …"

Threatening to whom?

Well, according to Ehud Olmert, the United States and Israel:

The radical Iranian regime has declared the United States its enemy.

Its president believes it is his religious duty and his destiny to lead his country in a violent conflict against the infidels. With pride he denies the Jewish Holocaust and speaks brazenly, calling to wipe Israel off the map.

For us, this is an existential threat. A threat to which we cannot consent.

But it is not Israel's threat alone. It is a threat to all those committed to stability in the Middle East and the well-being of the world at large.

So, the "Iran Freedom Support Act" declares that:

efforts to bring a halt to the nuclear weapons program of Iran, including steps to end the supply of nuclear components or fuel to Iran, should be intensified, with particular attention focused on the cooperation regarding such program –

(A) between the government of Iran and the government of the Russian Federation; and

(B) between the government of Iran and individuals from China, Malaysia and Pakistan, including the network of Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan.

Wow! Not only can we not have substantive contact with the Iranians; we're supposed to prevent the Russians, Chinese, Malaysians and Pakistanis from having substantive contact with them, too.

Why do we have to ignore the dozens of resolutions the UN General Assembly passes each year to deal with the real crisis in the Middle East?

And, why do we have to subvert the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the UN Charter, itself, to deal with a phony crisis?

Well, according to Ehud Olmert, we have no choice:

"Mr. Speaker, our moment is NOW.

"History will judge our generation by the actions we take NOW … by our willingness to stand up for peace and security and freedom, and by our courage to do what is right.

" The international community will be measured not by its intentions but by its results. The international community will be judged by its ability to convince nations and peoples to turn their backs on hatred and zealotry.

"If we don't take Iran's bellicose rhetoric seriously now, we will be forced to take its nuclear aggression seriously later".

That's scary, since Bush has already said that "the prime minister and I shared our concerns about the Iranian regime's nuclear weapons ambitions". And the world already knows how Bush deals with those he deems to have nuclear weapons ambitions.

Notes:

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[1] Text of House Resolution 4681 (H.R. 4681) - Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006
http://www.peacenow.org/hot.asp?cid=2161
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-4681

[2] Address by Ehud Olmert to Joint meeting of U.S. Congress
http://www.israelemb.org/articles/2006/May/2006052400.htm

[3] H.R. 282: Iran Freedom Support Act
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-282
S. 333: Iran Freedom and Support Act
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s109-333
Tom Barry: Iran Freedom and Regime Change Politics
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/rw/3277

SourceWatch: Iran Freedom Support Act
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Iran_Freedom_Support_Act

* Physicist James Gordon Prather has served as a policy implementing official for national security-related technical matters in the Federal Energy Agency, the Energy Research and Development Administration, the Department of Energy, the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Department of the Army. Dr. Prather also served as legislative assistant for national security affairs to U.S. Senator Henry Bellmon, R-Okla. --ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee and member of the Senate Energy Committee and Appropriations Committee. Dr. Prather had earlier worked as a nuclear weapons physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (http://www.llnl.gov) in California and Sandia National Laboratory (http://www.sandia.gov) in New Mexico. http://www.antiwar.com/prather

Interviews with nuclear weapons physicist Dr. James Gordon Prather:
January 16, 2006
http://www.charlesgoyette.com/archive/media/2006-01-16-Charles-03.mp3
September 21, 2005 (Part 1)
http://www.charlesgoyette.com/archive/media/2005-09-21-Charles-01.mp3
September 21, 2005 (Part 2)
http://www.charlesgoyette.com/archive/media/2005-09-21-Charles-02.mp3
September 21, 2005 (Part 3)
http://www.charlesgoyette.com/archive/media/2005-09-21-Charles-03.mp3
September 21, 2005 (Part 4)
http://www.charlesgoyette.com/archive/media/2005-09-21-Charles-04.mp3
September 17, 2005
http://www.weekendinterviewshow.com/audio/prather6.mp3
August 2, 2005
http://www.charlesgoyette.com/archive/media/2005-08-02-Charles-01.mp3
July 23, 2005
http://www.weekendinterviewshow.com/audio/prather5.mp3
May 7, 2005
http://www.weekendinterviewshow.com/audio/prather4.mp3
May 4, 2005
http://www.charlesgoyette.com/archive/media/2005-05-04-Charles-01.mp3
April 9, 2005
http://www.weekendinterviewshow.com/audio/prather3.mp3
February 16, 2005 (Part 1)
http://www.charlesgoyette.com/archive/media/2005-02-16-Charles-04.mp3
February 16, 2005 (Part 2)
http://www.charlesgoyette.com/archive/media/2005-02-16-Charles-05.mp3
February 5, 2005
http://www.weekendinterviewshow.com/audio/prather2.mp3
December 4, 2004
http://www.weekendinterviewshow.com/audio/prather.mp3

West has kept billions of Iran's EURODIF investments for 30 years In 1975, Iran took a very costly 10% financial participation in EURODIF uranium enrichment plant being built in France. Iran paid $1 billion towards the purchase of a 10% share of ownership in EURODIF and agreed to buy a quota from the new plant. But after the Iranian revolution in 1979, neither was Iran given any enriched uranium nor did it get back its investment from EURODIF. The U.S. was also paid to deliver new fuel and upgrade its power in accordance with a contract signed before the revolution. U.S. gave neither the fuel nor the billions of dollars it had received for it. Germany was paid for in full, billions of dollars for the two nuclear facilities in Busher, but after three decades, Germany has refused to export any equipments or refund the money.
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/0540800f7314f7b0

Nuclear program of Iran
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_program_of_Iran

IAEA and Iran
http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Focus/IaeaIran/index.shtml

Setting the Record Straight about Iran's Nuclear Program
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/a19f89b941a33707

U.S. endorsed Iranian plans to build massive nuclear energy industry
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/9b0a04b1107d7171

Washington: The Biggest NPT Violator
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/e2233bcb812ca246

IAEA Chief Invalidates the NPT
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/3e2365eddc3bd0ff

Time to shut-down the UN
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/50134d0a62fb448f

Even threatening to use nuclear weapons is a violation of international law
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/5bd9a41bf89f3f1d

Another 'Coalition of the Willing'?

http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/f696f2a3a401850f

Judy-Baby vs TIME
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/2080d3c61b904992

Iran was not ordered to Stop Enrichment
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/f4731d785c554085

Western-Style Democracy – No!
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/466cae8cbc38307d

Media liars exposed
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/7f34f4e6346a9bb5

Dolts – or liars?
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.iranian/msg/7eb4595173cae97d

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