HEY, MORE GOOD NEWS...NOT – AT 6:55 P.M. ET:  We can't say we weren't warned.  Sane experts on the Mideast have warned for years that if Iran's nuclear program progressed, other countries in the region would want one too.  Now the proof:

Sudan plans to build a nuclear reactor for peaceful purposes by 2020, the SUNA state news agency said Sunday.

Sudan has noted economic and political ties with Iran, which has been facing increasing sanctions and international pressure over its nuclear program. Like Iran, Sudan is under US sanctions, and has been since 1997.

Notice how effective these "sanctions" actually are.  Sudan is genocidal, and is going right ahead with its own program.

The International Criminal Court charged Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir with three counts of genocide in Darfur last month, marking the first time the world's first permanent war crimes tribunal has issued genocide charges.

The International Atomic Energy Agency is planning to travel to Sudan on August 23 to discuss importing a nuclear reactor for "research purposes." SUNA said Sudan began plans to develop a nuclear program early this year.

COMMENT:  Impoverished, genocidal, its president under international charge for mass murder.  Why, why shouldn't they have a nuclear program?  Aren't all cultures equal?  Don't they have rights?

Our failure with Iran, which is playing out every day, is going to have grave consequences down the line.

August 22, 2010