Jordanian Nuclear Threat: Maybe it is the Humor, Stupid……………..
“Jordan will not give up atomic power rights. Energy-poor Jordan, which is in talks with the United Stated to sign a nuclear cooperation deal, said on Monday it does not want to give up its right to peaceful atomic power under international treaties. "We are now in continuous negotiations with the United Sates and the latest round was in Washington last week," Khaled Tukan, head of Jordan's Atomic Energy Commission, said. "But I think we still don't have common ground. They started to understand our viewpoint, but still... no common ground." Tukan said the Americans want their ally Jordan to sign a nuclear agreement similar to a deal that they have reached with the United Arab Emirates, which "has relinquished its rights under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)." "The United Arab Emirates has relinquished all its NPT rights to sensitive nuclear technology indefinitely," he added. "Why should we give up our rights?"……..”
Sure, why should you give up your nuclear rights. On the other hand, why should the West finance your nuclear “rights” with their money and help it with their technology? Go for it and build all the reactors you want, as long as you pay for it.
I think this also has something to do with humor, or lack of it. Once I detect a hint of a Jordanian sense of humor, all these pending thorny issues may be resolved. In this case it truly is the humor, stupid.
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