The Flow of Consciousness

I’m baffled. The Bush Administration has protested nuclear proliferation in Iran and North Korea, and now Syria. The outgoing administration has decided in its infinite wisdom to sign a deal with the UAE to support the nation’s domestic nuclear technology, WorldNetDaily reports.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdulla bin Zayed Al-Nahyan signed a memorandum of understanding Monday in which the U.S. agreed to support the UAE in the development of domestic nuclear technology for generating energy.

The deal urges the UAE not to enrich its own uranium, but to purchase it from countries which have already done so, such as the U.S. The State Department site has more information on the agreement. The Bush Administration claims that the agreement is acceptable under the terms of the U.S.-Russian Federation agreement on nuclear non-proliferation constructed by Bush and then-president Vladimir Putin.

While I believe that it’s good to urge the UAE not to enrich uranium, how can be sure that this country will not resell the enriched uranium to Iran or other nations with whom we have sanctions? Why are we not offering Iran our uranium, too? Oh, wait, we have ineffective trade sanctions with that country, so rather than do the same for Iran as we’re doing for UAE, we’re just going to try to bully and eventually bomb Iran. Ludicrous.

We need to elect a president who recognizes the danger of foreign entanglements and who wants to stop maintaining the American empire by bringing our troops home from the 130 countries we occupy. Just as importantly, we need to elect Congresspeople who have the gall necessary to oppose the president and remind the executive branch of its constitutional place in foreign affairs. We need to stop taking sides of other counties’ disagreements and stop policing the world.

I often feel like a broken record when I write this. However, I will continue this until I can no longer complain, and that will be when the U.S. has a president and a Congress that follows the constitution and respects the liberty of its people and other nations.

Thanks to the Daily Dose for pointing this out.