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Afshin Rattansi talks to Thomas B. Cochran, quoted in the NY Times on Iran 1

2008-12-02T10:53:40Z

Iran Said to Have Nuclear Fuel for One Weapon
By WILLIAM J. BROAD and DAVID E. SANGER
Published: November 19, 2008
Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb, according to nuclear experts analyzing the latest report from global atomic inspectors.

They have a weapons worth, Thomas B. Cochran, a senior scientist in the nuclear program of the Natural Resources Defense Council, a private group in Washington that tracks atomic arsenals, said in an interview.

He said the amount was suitable for a relatively advanced implosion-type weapon like the one dropped on Nagasaki. Its core, he added, would be about the size of a grapefruit. He said a cruder design would require about twice as much weapon-grade fuel.

Its a virtual milestone, Dr. Cochran said of Irans stockpile. It is not an imminent threat, he added, because the further technical work to make fuel for a bomb would tip off inspectors, the United States and other powers about where theyre going.

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Afshin Rattansi talks to Thomas B. Cochran, quoted in the NY Times on Iran

2008-12-02T10:53:40Z

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Hitchens and Hanson - Did the Allies Commit War Crimes in WWII?

2008-10-30T03:31:37Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

Political commentators Christopher Hitchens and Victor Davis Hanson dismiss allegations that Allied actions in World War II were comparable to war crimes committed by Axis forces.

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Victor Davis Hanson and Christopher Hitchens take on the World War II revisionists, focusing first on Patrick J. Buchanan, the author, most recently, of Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War.

They counter the essential claims in Buchanan’s book that Britain’s guarantee to protect Poland in the event of a German invasion made the war inevitable; that the Holocaust was a consequence of the war and that, without it, the Holocaust may not have occurred; and that Germany invaded Russia only because Britain under Churchill was determined to partner with Russia against Germany.

Finally they address two claims made by author Niall Ferguson that "[the Allies] adopted the most brutal tactics of those they were fighting" and that the principal beneficiary of the Second World War was Stalin's Soviet Union - Hoover Institution

Christopher Hitchens is an author, journalist and literary critic. Now living in Washington, D.C., he has been a columnist at Vanity Fair, The Nation and Slate; additionally, he is an occasional contributor to many other publications. He is the author of several books, including The Trial of Henry Kissinger and God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.

Victor Davis Hanson is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a professor emeritus at California University, Fresno, and a nationally syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services. He was a full-time farmer before joining CSU Fresno, in 1984 to initiate a classics program. In 1991, he was awarded an American Philological Association Excellence in Teaching Award, which is given yearly to the country's top undergraduate teachers of Greek and Latin.

Peter M. Robinson is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he writes about business and politics, edits Hoover's quarterly journal, the Hoover Digest, and hosts Hoover's television program, Uncommon Knowledge. Robinson is also the author of three books: How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life; It's My Party: A Republican's Messy Love Affair with the GOP; and the best-selling business book Snapshots from Hell: The Making of an MB.

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Hiroshima Day 2007 in Melbourne - Part 1

2008-10-25T21:31:03Z

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Seeds of Peace

2008-12-02T10:52:37Z

On August 6, 2007, a crowd of peacemakers gather at the Carter Center Rose Garden in Atlanta in observance of Hiroshima Day, a solemn remembrance of the first nuclear bombings in history.

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