Tainted Saints

So in 1969, Richard Nixon and Golda Meir made an agreement to not acknowledge Israel’s possession of nuclear weapons. Ever since, we have upheld the myth that Israel is utterly defenseless, surrounded on all land-locked sides by big, bad Arabs. Except the reality is, Israel has nuclear weapons, and none of their neighbors do. Ya think that might cause a little tension between Israel and Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, and…Iran (who is not technically a neighbor, but is definitely within missile range)?

I like this quote from Netanyahu the best:

“Netanyahu spoke of his confidence that  Obama’s recent remarks on a world free of nuclear weapons would not apply to Israel.

“It was utterly clear from the context of the speech that he was speaking about North Korea and Iran,” the Israeli leader said.”

All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others…

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/10/2009103125440407949.html#

Take special note of the quote from The Washington Times  about Obama’s renewal of the 40-year agreement that “has allowed Israel to keep a nuclear arsenal without opening it to international inspections…”

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/02/iran/index.html

Doing so would ensure the uranium could only be used for nuclear power, not weapons. Iran has, however, refused to halt uranium enrichment, altogether, since it’s still an essential component of nuclear power..

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/76369.html

Including:

• Iran has not launched an aggressive war in modern history;
• Iran’s annual military budget is less than Sweden, Greece, and Singapore’s;
• Ahmadinejad did not threaten to “wipe Israel off the map”.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/01/cole/

‘Member when the MSM ”discovered” that there weren’t really WMD in Iraq, and, therefore, we invaded a sovereign nation based on a complete lie? Just insert Iran for Iraq, nuclear weapons for WMD, and Obama for Bush…

(Roberts is a conservative, who was Assistant Secretary for the Treasury under Ronald Reagan.  So don’t say I never acknowledge pundits from the Right…)

http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts09302009.html

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/09/30/iran/index.html