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It's not proliferation when it's among friends

ARTICLE: "U.S. Plans to sign Nuclear Pact With U.A.E.: Proposed Cooperation With Middle Eastern Nation Would Face Hurdles in Congress on Proliferation Fears," by Jay Solomon, Wall Street Journal, 12 December 2008.

We won't let Dubai World run our ports, but we trust the UAE with nuclear technology, even though the nation has a thriving trade with over-the-Gulf Iran.

Kinda weird, huh?

Still, I think it's a solid move.

We get UAE to promise to buy enriched nuclear fuel from our preferred network.

But even that's funny: we dream of energy independence and yet demand that those nations who want nuclear power only buy from our monopolistic market.

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