Re: Those Nice, Nuke-Pursuing Iranians

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 22:52:21 -0500, "Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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>> Ed wrote:
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>> > "Margie K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> >>How come the leftists don't care about Iranian or North Korean Nukes? I
>> >>thought nuclear weapons were bad?
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>> > No, Margie, apparently ONLY the Israeli nuclear weapons are bad.
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>> According to best estimates, Israel has 200, Iran has none, North Korea
>> has 0-8 nukes.
>> One can understand why a nation, what is on Bush's hit list of the "axis
>> of evil", wants to have a few nukes to deter Bushs aggression. He
>> already took out one, under trumped up charges and false pretenses. And
>> of course the neocons are eager to extend the list in the name of their
>> new world order.
>> Israel has by far the best conventional military in the Middle East. I
>> have no idea why they need 200 nukes. A few ok, but 200? A deranged
>> Israeli leader could bomb the whole Europe and the Middle East back into
>> the stone age.  It's understandable, that the Europeans think the US and
>> Israel, with their aggressive posture, are #1 and #2 threats to peace.
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>The point of it is this:  Israel will never, NEVER use one single nuke
>unless another nation acts against Israel first, in such a way that it will
>endanger her very existence.  Whether the threat comes from an Arab country
>or elsewhere, the fact that Israel has such a large arsenal should be the
>best deterrant from anyone attacking her.

'Israel' does not have the capability to counter a nuclear attack from
the US.   Its nuclear capability is not a deterrent.  It would do well
to remember that.