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US Criticizes Devastated Japan As the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear facilities continue to smolder, and the nation of Japan frantically

scrambles to devise technological means to cool the six stricken reactors prior to the crisis deteriorates into nuclear catastrophe, the United States has chosen this moment to pick a fight with but another essential ally during Japans time of need. The 9.0 earthquake and resultant tsunami has left stilluncounted thousands dead and hundreds of thousands much more with out shelter, fuel and sustenance. Entire towns have been eradicated. Families who've lost loved ones dont know whether the missing have been washed out to sea, or remain buried under the mountains of rubble. And somehow it might get even worse, as Japan teeters on the brink of nuclear catastrophe. Amidst the horror, Japanese crews subject themselves to lethal doses of radiation as they desperately use water cannons to cool the flaming fuel rods, risking their very own lives to save their fellow countrymen. Sources report that the heroic plant workers have effectively equipped an alternative power source, which would allow the redeployment with the cooling system that had been knocked out by the thirty foot tidal wave. Updates from Tokyo Electric Energy and also the Japanese government have been sporadic at greatest, which is understandable given the fluid nature of events on the ground, the destruction of local communications infrastructure, and the difficulty of accessing the nuclear reactor site. And for factors that are challenging to understand, the Obama administration has piled on with suggestions that the Japanese government has been less than forthcoming in disclosing the seriousness with the nuclear crisis. The New York Times reports that the chairman with the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) gave a far bleaker appraisal on Wednesday with the threat posed by Japans nuclear crisis than the Japanese government had offered, and said that American officials believe that the damage to at least 1 crippled reactor was much much more severe than Tokyo had acknowledged. Chairman Gregory Jaczko went on to challenge the Japanese assessment with the danger, stating, We would recommend an evacuation to a a lot bigger radius than has currently been supplied by Japan. Even the Times suggested that [t]hat assessment seems bound to embarrass, if not anger, Japanese officials, suggesting they've miscalculated the danger or deliberately played down the risks. Why the Obama administration would select to challenge or contradict the onsite assessment by the Japanese authorities, who definitely have an interest in protecting their very own people and homeland, is challenging to understand. It would seem that the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Energy, with personnel on the scene, are within the greatest position to ascertain the seriousness with the crisis. Definitely, small is gained by the United States' suggesting that Japan has minimized the disaster or that the Japan governments

evacuation plans are inadequate. And theres some hypocrisy in the Obama administration, which itself promised transparency but has been among probably the most opaque Presidencies in memory, now claiming that Japan has withheld information about the crisis. The answer might lie within the agenda driven policies of this administration and its appointees. NRC Commissioner Jaczko, a longtime critic of nuclear power, was appointed to the post by President Obama in 2009. Jaczko, who had previously served as current Senate Majority Leader Harry Reids appropriations director and science policy advisor, was originally appointed towards the NRC by George W. Bush as component of a broader compromise with Democrats who had opposed many Bush nominations. Because Jaczko had already been confirmed by the Senate when he was appointed towards the five individual NRC board in 2005, Senate confirmation was not needed when he was appointed by President Obama to head the Commission in 2009. Like many other confirmed and unconfirmed Obama appointees, Jaczko seems to have allowed his left-leaning prejudices to influence the execution of his functions as member with the Obama administration. Critics of nuclear power, hoping to sour a national mood that had been swinging toward acceptance of atomic power as a viable, and green, alternative to fossil fuels, have painted a especially dire picture of Japans nuclear crisis. Not wishing to let a crisis go to waste, these opponents of nuclear energy have painted Fukushima as proof that nuclear power is far too harmful to consider as an alternative energy source. So, when the Japanese authorities suggest that the events unfolding at Fukushima are anything short with the apocalypse, the Obama administration and its liberal acolytes recoil accusing Japan of being much less than truthful. If the United States throws but another ally under the bus, even throughout it times of heart-wrenching national crisis, c'est la guerre. We marvel in the grace and dignity with the Japanese individuals as they fight via the unimaginable tragedy that has stricken this great nation. Our thoughts and prayers are with them throughout their time of require, support and understanding. By on Japan

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