The News Media had a field day poking fun at one of our Past Presidents because he had difficulty pronouncing the word “nuclear”. I must have had difficulty hearing the word “nuclear” because I never noticed the President’s Pronunciation Difficulty until the News Media told me about it over and over. I wonder if Michael Jordan had had difficulty saying the word “basketball” would the News Media have poked fun at him.
Our Tongue-Tied President may not have the ability to say “nuclear” without the news media (those guys who never make any mistakes) having their way with him but he was able put together a Mid-East Nuclear Deal that was light years ahead of what a later President (who could pronounce “nuclear”) was able to put together.
This seems strange when you consider that the Not Tongue-Tied President had the Tongue-Tied President’s workable Mid-East Nuclear Deal to read up on for guidance when he put together his Not Tongue-Tied President’s Mid-East Nuclear Deal.
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The Tongue-Tied Middle East Nuclear Agreement is working well and it contains the strongest commitments ever agreed to for Nonproliferation, Transparency and has No Pathway to Weaponization.
Awhile back the United Arab Emirates announced it had finished loading fuel into Unit 1 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant (Official name is محطة براكة للطاقة النووية 😀 ). When all four units become operational, the plant will provide up to 25% of the U.A.E.’s electricity with Zero Carbon Emissions.
The seeds for this ambitious project were planted in 2008, when the U.S. and U.A.E. signed the Strongest Bilateral Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement in history.
The deal wasn’t a sure thing. As negotiations progressed during the final year of the Tongue-Tied President’s Administration, the nonproliferation community was concerned. Skeptics feared the Middle East was ill-suited for a peaceful nuclear program.
Rejecting any interest in nuclear weapons, the U.A.E. voluntarily made the strongest possible nonproliferation commitments, pledging to forgo domestic enrichment and reprocessing of nuclear material. There was no hesitation in acceding to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Additional Protocol, allowing for short-notice inspections of any nuclear facility at any time.
Later termed the “gold standard”, these historic and binding guarantees represented a new and innovative solution to a longstanding problem created by the inherent dual-use nature of some elements of the nuclear fuel-supply chain.
The plant has made the UAE the first Peaceful Nuclear-Energy-Operating Nation in the Arab World.
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The U.A.E.’s voluntary commitments significantly exceed those extracted from Iran in the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action…
- Tehran insisted on maintaining a pathway to enrich uranium domestically and to develop advanced centrifuge technologies—capabilities first developed clandestinely in defiance of binding United Nations Security Council resolutions.
- No American nuclear inspectors will be permitted to enter the country’s contested nuclear site.
- Iran also demanded that the most significant restrictions lapse in January 2026.
These demands reveal Iran’s real long-term aspirations.
A Fella Message to Iran...I know you are impatient but hang in there. 2026 will be here before you know it and then you can begin blowing up all the neighbors you have a mind to get rid of.
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The U.S./U.A.E. Nuclear Deal has worked and is delivering a new huge source of clean power and reduced the risk of Nuclear Proliferation.
I’m sorry, Mr. Tongue-Tied President, you can’t say “nuclear” so you will not be given an International Nuclear Attaboy. You must accept the fact that Correct Pronunciation Is Important!
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
