Officials and analysts said President Barack Obama has approved efforts of a joint resolution as a means of pressuring Israel to give up its purported nuclear arsenal. They said the resolution was not meant against Iran, which has denied a nuclear weapons program.
"The president is not happy with Israel's nuclear capabilities," former U.S. envoy to the United Nations, John Bolton, said. "I think he would be delighted if Israel gave up its nuclear weapons."
In an interview on May 4 on Israel Army radio, Bolton said Obama's predecessor, George Bush, refused to work with Egypt or any other country for a so-called nuclear-free Middle East. Israel has refused to confirm or deny reports that it possesses nuclear weapons.
"Egypt and the Obama administration are negotiating right now on an Egyptian proposal for a nuclear weapons free zone in the Middle East, which certainly sounds good," Bolton, who served as Bush's leading nonproliferation official, said. "Except when you think about it, there is only one country that resolution is targeted at and that is Israel."
So is this taking the focus off Iran? Israel has never threatened the world with their weapons - they're only purpose is to protect. Scary place for the US to side against Israel on anything! Iran would love to have the focus off them - read Bolton's last comment carefully to see the real intention here!
ReplyDeleteso Isreal with nukes is bad, and iran with nukes is ok?
ReplyDeleteIts about time one of our presidents stood up to Israel. If you do any amount of research you will see that they have been one of the biggest terrorist organizations the world has ever seen, the difference being they have been attacking the palistinians and not anglo saxons...i did a report on this in college ( roughly a decade ago) and things still havent changed. I think Iran needs to be pressured to, but its about time someone showed what Israel truly is
ReplyDeleteThe Middle East should be a Nuclear Free Zone, I don't care which country it is.
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ReplyDeleteIn college huh? Figures
When will you come to the realization that you have been brainwashed?
There is no such thing as the palistinian state.
Those that claim to be palistinians are nothing more than the garbage that the rest of the Arab states threw out.
Check your history!
A nuclear-free Israel? They have 300 nukes and they are just going to give them up because Obama asks? Riiiiight. I think you're forgetting who is the master in this little relationship.
ReplyDeleteYou shouldn't take that or anything else Obama says seriously. It's just a game to fool the rubes. Probably something his chief of staff came up with.