The key to Israel's strategy to avoid another Holocaust has been a policy of ambiguity over the question of whether it has nuclear weapons. Like many high-tech and potent weapons, a nuclear arsenal is best left sheathed. The reluctance of Israel to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NNPT) has allowed it to avoid a raft of intrusive inspections that might blow this policy of ambiguity to smithereens.
Every US administration has acquiesced in this policy, seeing it as a sensible of a nation that rose from the ashes of the Holocaust and one that was surrounded by neighbors promising to commit another. There have been winks and nods, even going back to the Kennedy years, about Israel's stance.
India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel should join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the global pact meant to limit the spread of atomic weapons, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
"Universal adherence to the NPT itself, including by India, Israel, Pakistan and North Korea ... remains a fundamental objective of the United States," Gottemoeller told the meeting, which hopes to agree on an agenda and plan to overhaul the treaty at a review conference next year.
The administration of President Barack Obama was encouraging all holdouts to join the treaty, she said.
Until now generations of American presidents have recognized and appreciated Israel's unique history and were empathetic about its need to keep such a program under wraps and away from the prying eyes of an international group dominated by its enemies. This has prevented boycotts, sanctions, and a host of other problems for Israel -- including wars.
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If the Obama administration caves into Israel it will prove that Jewish influence in America is so strong it determines American foreign policy.
Already politician in Congress are running scared and promising to sign letters supporting Israel's hardline position on a two state solution.
What we do know is that unless Israel is prepared to push Arabs into the sea, there won't be peace in Israel any time soon.
Israel's model is America's conquest of the American Indians who lost their land and their voice in the face of overwhelming military might.
Israel hopes that Palestinians will be gradually forced to their knees too...without the need to trade land for peace.
It's objective is a Jewish state with an Arab population without any power.
Essentially they plan to colonize Israel because God gave us this land"
(And we all know what happens when people start hearing voices from God)
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