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Politics : Proof that John Kerry is Unfit for Command -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (15095)	10/3/2004 10:48:06 AM
From: Captain Jack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27181

Kerrys PLAN- Spit upon by Iran = NO PLAN Iran to Kerry: We Don't Want Your Nuclear Fuel LGF Since John Kerry announced his moronic plan to send nuclear fuel to Iran, I’ve been expecting this statement from the mullahs: Iran Rebuffs Kerry Nuclear Proposal. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran on Sunday rebuffed a proposal by U.S. presidential candidate John Kerry who has suggested supplying the Islamic state with nuclear fuel for power reactors if Tehran agrees to give up its own fuel-making capability. Foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said it would be “irrational” for Iran to put its nuclear program in jeopardy by relying on supplies from abroad. “We have the technology (to make nuclear fuel) and there is no need for us to beg from others,” Asefi told a weekly news conference. ... But Kerry says he would put Iran’s intentions to the test by agreeing to supply it with nuclear fuel for its power reactors provided Tehran stopped efforts to make its own fuel and returned the spent fuel after use. Iran has rejected repeated efforts by European countries to get it to scrap its nuclear fuel-cycle activities — which could be used to make atomic bombs. Asefi said Iran could not trust any deal from the West to supply it with reactor fuel. “What guarantees are there? Will they supply us one day and then, if they want to, stop supplying us on another day?” he said. This leaves John Kerry with absolutely no plan to deal with Iran’s nuclear aspirations. Following on the heels of France and Germany’s declaration that they will not increase military aid to Iraq, John Kerry’s “foreign policy” stands revealed as a total sham.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (15095)	10/3/2004 12:25:40 PM
From: Captain Jack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27181

Other thoughts & fears of Kerrys buddys France & Germany; TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan is getting jittery about a new push within the European Union (news - web sites) to lift a 15-year Embargo on weapons sales to China - the communist giant that's been threatening to attack this tiny democratic island. The Taiwanese argue that dropping the ban would shake up the delicate military balance in Asia and increase the threat of war with Taiwan, a conflict that could drag in America and spark a Japanese military buildup. They also insist that the EU Embargo - imposed after China's bloody 1989 crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests - should continue until the Chinese improve their dismal human rights record. Some analysts agree that EU sales could pose a threat to Asia's security. But the argument that the Embargo should be used to push for better human rights rings hollow, other say, noting that Taiwan has for years been one of China's biggest investors. In recent months, France and Germany have been the most enthusiastic about selling weapons to China. EU leaders are reviewing the policy, but no date has been set for a decision. The French hope the arms sales to China can help create a more "multipolar" world with several strong countries or blocs that can check American power, said Willem van Kemenade, a Dutch sinologist and author who's writing a new book about the U.S.-China-EU relationship. Van Kemenade does not think scuttling the ban would destabilize the region. For many years to come, European arms sales to China will represent just a fraction "of what the U.S. is stuffing into Taiwan," he said, referring to years of American weapons sales to the island. But Lai I-chung, director of foreign policy studies at the Taiwan Thinktank, said there would be booming trade with China's massive, big-spending military if the EU Embargo ended. With advanced weaponry, China would feel emboldened and tempted to use force to achieve its sacred goal: unification with Taiwan. "The regional balance of power will be tipped over," Lai said. ------------------- It is obvious, France is no friend to the US, regardless of who is in political power. They are a threat to world peace and only have their own economic benefit in mind. Chirac is a Bozo and a effete hypocritical Euro snob.