Tuesday, April 25, 2006

They Really, Really, Really Love Electricity

The Iranian mullahs insist they want nuclear technology for electricity.

Said the mullah regime:

Iran threatened Tuesday to begin hiding its nuclear program if the West takes any "harsh measures" against it — Tehran's sharpest rebuttal yet to a U.N. Security Council deadline to suspend uranium enrichment or face possible sanctions.

Iran's supreme leader, meanwhile, said in a meeting with the president of wartorn Sudan that Tehran was ready to transfer its nuclear technology to other countries.

Iran's warning to the U.N. watchdog agency, the International Atomic Energy Agency, came from Tehran's top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani. They were the strongest words of defiance yet ahead of a Friday deadline, set by the Security Council, for Iran to suspend enrichment of uranium, a process that can produce fuel for nuclear reactors or material for warheads.

"Military action against Iran will not end our program," Larijani said at a conference on the energy program. "If you take harsh measures, we will hide this program. If you use the language of force, you should not expect us to act transparently."


Truly, such a single-minded devotion to adequate electricity supplies in an uncertain world is admirable.

Sanctions or military action will not prevent them from making sure Tehran air conditioners hum even in the hottest summer months. Really, only a Jew-controlled Neo-Con would suggest Tehran is pursuing anything so vulgar as nuclear weapons when the mullah love of cheap and plentiful electricity is so apparent.