October 23, 2009, 14:18, Jim wrote > This should be no suprise to anyone. Irans LE Uranium stockpile has cost them the equivilent of hundreds of millions of dollars to accumulate. It is a national treasure and a technological acheivement, a resource clossly linked to the nations pride. But more than this, the stockpile is a major political bargaining chip. It gives Iran considerable weight on the international stage. > What reasonable person could have expected Iran to 'give it up' for so little in return? > Also, and perhaps more to the point, (and as so called 'experts' have sugessted elsewhere) once this Uranium was out of Iran it would enter a cycle of 'logistical' and 'technical' problems which would, for all intents and purposes, see this Uranium become 'stuck' (possibly indefinately) somewhere between Russia and France, thereby permenently denying Iran this resource. > If the US / Israel / France / UK want to 'relieve' Iran of their Uranium they will need to be a bit more creative and give the Iranians some credit for being intelligent enough to see through this transparent plan. To Peter Lavelle and the rest of RT and ALL Russians, Clearly, a sign that Iran wishes to produce Nuclear weapons to bomb Amerika and then once she's gone, the Moscow's next! Good JOB guys on your "ability" as negotiators!