The Cat's Out of The Bag -- Israel Has Nuclear Weapons
What is going to be done now? The hypocrisy has been revealed. Just today Reuters published an article where the Israeli Prime Minister Olmert has slipped and said:
You can read the full article here.
What is the United Nations, America, France, Iran, North Korea, and Russia going to do with this one? If no action is taken by the United Nations and America we will be seen by the world as blithering hypocrites. As the United States, the United Nations, and the greater world community struggle with sanctions against North Korea and Iran, suddenly Israel has entered the mix of nuclear armed countries. How can the world effectively enforce any sanctions against Iran when Israel is armed?
It has long been suspected that Israel had a nuclear arsenal, but now with this apparent slip of the tongue by the Prime Minister, the issue is now out in the open. Israeli politicos are back peddling fast with retractions saying that Olmert didn't know what he was saying and that it is not so, but I am not so naive as to actually believe that.
We must now bring Israel to bear under the same exact pressure for nuclear disarmament as we have brought North Korea, Iran, Pakistan, and India. Israel must now sign a nuclear non-proliferation treaty and allow United Nations inspectors in to evaluate their arsenal. To do anything less will simply throw hot coals on the tinder that has become the Middle East today. We can not say to Iran "do as I say, but don't do as I do".
"Iran, openly, explicitly and publicly threatens to wipe Israel off the map. Can you say that this is the same level, when they are aspiring to have nuclear weapons, as America, France, Israel, Russia?"
You can read the full article here.
What is the United Nations, America, France, Iran, North Korea, and Russia going to do with this one? If no action is taken by the United Nations and America we will be seen by the world as blithering hypocrites. As the United States, the United Nations, and the greater world community struggle with sanctions against North Korea and Iran, suddenly Israel has entered the mix of nuclear armed countries. How can the world effectively enforce any sanctions against Iran when Israel is armed?
It has long been suspected that Israel had a nuclear arsenal, but now with this apparent slip of the tongue by the Prime Minister, the issue is now out in the open. Israeli politicos are back peddling fast with retractions saying that Olmert didn't know what he was saying and that it is not so, but I am not so naive as to actually believe that.
We must now bring Israel to bear under the same exact pressure for nuclear disarmament as we have brought North Korea, Iran, Pakistan, and India. Israel must now sign a nuclear non-proliferation treaty and allow United Nations inspectors in to evaluate their arsenal. To do anything less will simply throw hot coals on the tinder that has become the Middle East today. We can not say to Iran "do as I say, but don't do as I do".
