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51 Countries Vote Down UN Resolution Calling For Israel To Join Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (Original Post)
DeSwiss
Sep 2013
OP
We are all going to be very happy about those unreported Israeli nukes,...
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2013
#5
Larkspur
(12,804 posts)1. I guess these countries see Israel as the "exceptional" nation
Behind the Aegis
(53,959 posts)2. The creators of the proposal sure did.
Probably explains why they left out India, Pakistan, and North Korea.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)4. Exceptional is one way to describe the Israeli government......
...in that ''norms'' don't apply to them. And unlike even North Korea, the Israeli government has yet to admit that they have any nuclear weapons.
With all of the 24/7 righteous indignation about weapons of mass destruction in Syria and call for compliance with international norms, the mainstream media barely mentioned this weeks UN vote on whether or not Israel should enter the international community by allowing nuclear weapons inspectors to see what its been hiding for decades now a full-blown nuclear weapons program.
Hiding a military nuclear arsenal is no small feat. What this latest US-led lobbying effort in the UN demonstrates clearly, is that the State of Israel, shielded by its chief backers the United States, Great Britain and France, maintains its own set of rules outside of international laws and norms.
One might ask the question: does Israel plan to use its nukes on any other countries? If not, why does it need to maintain them, and in secret?
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Hiding a military nuclear arsenal is no small feat. What this latest US-led lobbying effort in the UN demonstrates clearly, is that the State of Israel, shielded by its chief backers the United States, Great Britain and France, maintains its own set of rules outside of international laws and norms.
One might ask the question: does Israel plan to use its nukes on any other countries? If not, why does it need to maintain them, and in secret?
MORE
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)3. They couldn't even get a majority
at the UN to vote against Israel having nukes. 94 voting - 51 against.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)5. We are all going to be very happy about those unreported Israeli nukes,...
When Jesus comes back in his mothership and Jeff Goldblum gives him a virus.