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March 01, 2005

When It's OK to Sell Nuclear Materials to a Dictator

Westinghouse Electric was to present a bid to China on Monday for building four large nuclear reactors, backed by a pledge of nearly $5 billion in financial assistance from the U.S. government that Washington hopes will give the company an edge over competitors from France, Germany and other countries. . . .

The deal, approved on a preliminary basis by the Export-Import Bank on Feb. 18, is almost three times larger than anything the bank has offered before. And while it would stimulate employment in the United States, the price would amount to about $1 million per job, raising objections from some critics.

Oh, I get it. If France or Russia supplies nuclear parts or materials to Iran, they're bad guys who probably ought to be nuked along with the Iranians. On the other hand, if the U.S. supplies nuclear reactors to China, which is run by communist dictators, it's good because it provides jobs for Americans. Clearly, some evil dictators are more equal than others.

Read the whole story here. Link courtesy Antiwar.com.

Posted by Mike Tennant at March 1, 2005 09:51 AM

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