[Americanexpat]

That said, Russia is not the country we are worried about.

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With the Russians selling arms and helping our enemies build their nuclear programs I think they are the country we need to worry about.

[GarySpFc]

With the Russians selling arms and helping our enemies build their nuclear programs I think they are the country we need to worry about.

Firstly, all hell has been raised in the press and on FR about Russia selling a nuclear reactor to Iran. However, it is very important to note that is a light-water reactor, which is exactly what we gave the North Koreans. The Iranians will not have the capability to convert the fuel from that reactor to weapons grade for at least 100 years. It is only within the last couple of years the technology has been available, and only 2 countries can do it now. It is the heavy water reactor they are building which is a concern.
Secondly, I am not happy to see Russia sell weapons to our enemies. However, most of the weapons Russia sells to these countries can be obtained from other sources. As an example, they sold 100,000 AK-47s to Chavez. Do you know how many countries make that rifle?
Fighter jets can be purchased from Europe and Brazil.