Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Iran Anti-Nuclear Weaponizing Deal with Six Major Nations Complete

Here There are good concessions, like less centrifuges (20,000 to less than 6000). And no production of highly-enriched uranium and weapons-grade plutonium is good. But a 24-day arbitrated review period for site Iran thinks are sensitive? That's not too good. Prohibiting the production of highly-enriched uranium and weapons-grade plutonium is good.
This NY Times piece linked covers some of the notable aspects of the deal.
John Kerry says Israel will be safer.
I hope the negotiators did what they had to do to ensure enough oversight.
Iran getting sanctions relieved is a huge economic boost for them.
Per my previous comments on this site, Iran could/should/must have been made to capitulate most severely toward unlimited transparency to have sanctions relieved. I hope this is the case.

President Obama's lengthy remarks in Time magazine are here
Very much worth reading.

He adds more details that are not in the NY Times article linked.
He said, "Inspectors will have 24/7 access to Iran’s key nuclear facilities.Inspectors will have access to Iran’s entire nuclear supply chain — its uranium mines and mills, its conversion facility, and its centrifuge manufacturing and storage facilities. This ensures that Iran will not be able to divert materials from known facilities to covert ones. Some of these transparency measures will be in place for 25 years."

And a sobering report on Iran still active in seeking weaponizing materials. I surely hope world powers are not this soft and gullible http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/iran-made-illegal-purchases-nuclear-weapons-technology-last-month_988067.html 

And these Democrats bring up good points, which will need to be addressed in the review period here

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Sunset, Venice 12/20/2012

Sunset, Venice 12/20/2012
I've been thinking some about the Winter Solstice, the Mayan end of the 30,000-year-cycle on 12/21/12.

What if in fact the world did end? Even though this probably will not happen, to live consciously it is honest for us to take a bit of an inventory.

Am I happy with how I've lived my life? (Yesterday, I thought mostly yes, with some areas for improvement, as below.) Are there changes I would make?
Would I have tried to forgive those that were hostile or disappointing to me?
Would I spend more time with those I loved the most, telling them that, feeling that more?
Would I be happier, grateful for what I have, what I've experienced, the joy, the beauty in this world?

Maybe the answer is yes to all of the above.
So this time can serve as a point of rebirth for all of us. If we think about it.

Because somewhere along the line I realized I think maybe mankind deserves it. !
The way we are killing each other, killing the planet.
How selfish we are, and snotty to those around us. Petty, competitive. Why is this? Do we have to behave this way? (I say no, it greatly detracts and misdirects energy from the full-time celebration in which we could engage, the great multi-cultural, multi-rhythmic dance we can sustain here.)

Maybe God or the Great Universe is fed up, and will pull the rug out from under us.
Don't think I can say we could blame Him/Her/It.

But it probably won't happen. (Probably not! This time.)

Still we are finite on this ride.

It is a time to think, am I happy with how I've lived my life?
Hopefully most of us can say yes.

For the part of us that have a little worry, a little sadness....
This is the time to be present.
This is the time to be the person you want to be, that can die at peace, that can hope to every day be able to look yourself and the Universe in the eye and say, how beautiful, smiling, and thank you. Let's do that.

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