by Jason Ditz — Antiwar.com
Following up on assurances he made in May, President Obama has reportedly ‘reaffirmed’ a secret understanding whereby he will not reveal the existence of Israel’s widely known nuclear arsenal, nor will he pressure Israel to join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Though Israel has often, albeit accidentally, publicly revealed that they have nuclear weapons, the United States officially has followed a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy with the arsenal, the only one of its kind in the Middle East.
The revelation is likely to cause some international consternation, particularly since President Obama championed a bill at the UN Security Council only last week demanding that all the nations of the world to join the NPT.
Despite this call, the US publicly and angrily rejected a resolution calling for Israel to join the NPT only a week before that, saying that it was “unfair…
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AIPAC bought another president. The hypocrisy continues in this time of "change". No other country has such "special" and "equal" treatment, and I hope upon hope that Israel will get "wise" soon enough…like money won't buy you anything in the end.
Nothing new, move along…
The entire world knows about Israel's "Third Temple Holy Of Holies"………………..Their facility near Dimona for making nuclear weapons, called "Negev Nuclear Research Center"…………….Their policy has always been deny, deny, deny……Yet, whine to the world about Iran's ambitions that have been confirmed to only be enriching to the 5% standard for nuclear power.(But, their so special?)
http://en.wikipedia.org/Negev_Nuclear_Research_Ce...
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/israel/nuke/farr.ht...