From: black.hole.4.spam{at}gmail.com (Don Hills)

In article , John Beckett
 wrote:
>I think Phil has made a pretty clear case for the need for a pre-emptive
>strike on Iran. Thanks Phil!

Your international goodwill is in freefall already, you might as well.
There was a rumble of discontent here over the US role in the story quoted
below. Note the mention of sales of cruise technology to Iran...

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/000678.html

D.I.Y. CRUISE MISSILE SHOT DOWN

The New Zealand web developer who was building a cruise missile in his
garage -- and letting the online world know how he was doing it -- has
abandoned the project, citing pressure from the Kiwi government.

Bruce Simpson, in an interview with the BBC, claims American authorities
are to blame for the clamp-down. After a U.S. official called Simpson's
efforts were "extremely unhelpful," the New Zealand government
went after him for back taxes.

What's more, Simpson asserts on his website, the government has "even
gone so far as to deliberatey scuttle a licensing deal I had arranged with
a US company who was to begin manufacture of my X-Jet engine."

"The strange thing is that just a matter of months ago, they told me I
could export the very same technology to Iran -- despite the fact that it
is widely considered to be a terrorist sponsor and similar exports are
prohibited in the USA," he continues.

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