One Sided Nuclear Reality In The Middle East
Posted on 12. Jan, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Editorials, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Israel & Jewish Issues, Politics, Shera Crossan
By Karen Nakamura
Neo-conservatives in Israel are hypocritically stoking the flames of public option to make sure the world stays focused on Iran’s nuclear program. Simultaneously, the Israelis refuse to allow the world to examine their own atomic stockpiles.
Marin’s Anna Rogers of the prestigious Jewish Voice for Peace stated in a missive in December: “AIPAC [the highly influential American Israel Political Action Committee that's works hand-in-glove with the Israeli government] is …very active in supporting a confrontational approach with Iran, supporting sanctions and threats of military intervention. A sanctions bill supported by AIPAC …will undermine diplomatic efforts …by the Obama administration. At the same time, AIPAC opposes a rational approach to resolving issues regarding nuclear weapons in the Middle East, including …that Israel become part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, despite Israel’s massive nuclear arsenal. AIPAC also opposes the concept of a nuclear-free Middle East.”
That “massive nuclear arsenal” is shrouded in secrecy. Wikipedia reports: “although no official statistics exist, it’s been estimated that Israel has between 60 to 400 thermonuclear weapons, believed to be of Teller-Ulam design, including strategic warheads in the megaton-range.”
Atomic bombs and Jericho series IBM’s aren’t the only weapons of mass destruction Israel is said to be hiding. There are reputable reports of chemical and biological weapons programs. For instance, the U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment stated in 1993 it thought Israel had undeclared chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Again, in 1998, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, then US deputy assistant Secretary of Defense and responsible for chemical and biological weapons, said he had no doubt “Israel has worked on both chemical and biological offensive things for a long time There’s no doubt they’ve had the stuff for years.”
That makes Israel a factor in any negotiations with Iran. Not only does Israel have nuclear armaments, it’s a common belief that if Iran doesn’t stop nuclear construction then the West won’t be able to keep Israel from bombing Iran’s nuclear sites. Israel is reported to be giving the US until January to sanction Iran or it will step up plans to bomb Iran’s known nuclear sites. Dan Senor, co-author of “Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle” even suggested on CNN that Israel would end negotiations with Palestine if sanctions weren’t applied to Iran.
Ha’aretz newspaper reported May 19, 2009 that an unnamed official in the Netanyahu administration, when asked about President Obama overtures to Iran, said: ‘Israel will have to take on Iran alone once Obama’s efforts fail.” The same official stated Obama’s engagement with Iran “would force Israel to make a ‘difficult decision’ on the matter by the end of 2009.”
The House passed a sanctions bill in mid-December. In the meantime, talking heads debate whether Iran has diversified its nuclear sites enough to withstand an Israeli aerial bombardment. Israel’s blotted arsenal is the sledgehammer it holds over the Middle East. Is it any wonder Iran is building its defenses? Wouldn’t it be failing its people if it didn’t?
Accusations of Israeli’s militarily aggressive nature are more than born out with its expansionist wars in Palestine and Lebanon and the bombing of Syria. Even President Obama was forced to deny Israel safe passage through Iraq airspace so it could bomb Iran. To say Israel is trigger-happy is an understatement.
Consider then that Israel has never allowed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEI) to inspect their facilities nor has it signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. It also refuses any call for an accounting of its WMD. In fact, any Israeli expert who speaks publicly about its nuclear program is tried for treason.
Someone needs to drop a house on this wicked old witch already.
HA you gotta love the old jewish double standards, it’s as old as the world..