Sunday, April 22, 2007

THE WAGES OF APPEASEMENT

While we sit twiddling our thumbs and musing philosophically about the effectiveness of sanctions against Iran, we find we are being paid the wages of appeasement:
The Jordanian parliament passed legislation Sunday clearing the way for the small energy-poor kingdom to develop nuclear power, the official Petra news agency said.

Jordan is the latest in a string of Sunni Arab countries to announce plans to develop civil nuclear programmes in the face of the controversial programme of Shiite Iran. Egypt and the pro-Western Gulf states have already unveiled similar projects.

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