delta1 wrote:yep, here's an article about the IAEA, who are doing it...they say they'll need more money and people to do it right...same group that was monitoring Iraq, before we went to war there...
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/02/iaea-challenge-iran-compliance-nuclear-deal.html
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/R44384.pdf wrote:U.S. Contributions to IAEA Funding
The United States is the largest contributor to the IAEA, providing an estimated $200 million annually in assessed and voluntary contributions. The share of U.S. contributions is typically about 25 % of the regular IAEA budget as is the case for FY2016, but can fluctuate slightly from year to year, depending on such factors as the total budget and number of members that are assessed.
For comparison, other top contributors and their 2016 assessed rates are Japan (10.6%), Germany (7%), France (5.5%), United Kingdom (5.1%), China (4.5%), Canada (2.9%), Spain (2.9%), Brazil (2.7%), and the Russian Federation (2.4%).
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Of course they need more $$$. The US contributes 2.5x as much as the next closest contributor. I say defund the the US portion of the IAEA. Spend that more protecting our country and let the other free loaders pay for their own protection. Besides, IIRC everyone hates us anyway. Why should we pile money into their outstretched hands? Let them be responsible for their own defense. No one outside of the US will wonder what US cawk tastes like because they will all be on their hands and knees in front of anyone who can help restore funding for their defense.