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Old 12-11-2006
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It's Official! Israel Has Nuclear Weapons!

IT'S OFFICIAL! OLMERT CONFIRMS ISRAEL HAS NUCLEAR WEAPONS!

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Dec. 11, 2006 20:23 | Updated Dec. 11, 2006 21:28
Olmert indicates Israel has nuclear capability
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In a move unprecedented by any Israeli leader, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday included Israel in a list of nuclear nations.

In an interview with the German television network SAT 1, Olmert was asked about the statement by newly-appointed US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates regarding Israel's nuclear capability.

The prime minister became enraged when he was asked if the fact that Israel possessed nuclear power weakened the West's position against Iran...

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This is not news to anyone who has been following Israel's history for any length of time, but it is a major problem for the Israel-firsters in the US, who justify the billions sent to Israel on the need for poor little Israel to defend itself against those mean ol' Arabs.

But now it is confirmed, Israel isn't defenseless. It has nuclear weapons, not subject to any controls at all, with which to threaten their neighbors.

Remember the invasion of Iraq? Remember the REASON we were told we had to invade Iraq, because Iraq had NOOKULAR BOMBS! Of course, as it turned out, they didn't. The nukes are down in Israel, where the Arab nations, Mordecai Vanunu, and assorted bloggers have been telling you they were all along.

So, Olmert has just exposed the total hypocrisy behind the invasion of Iraq.

Needless to say, this also pounds a huge dent in Bush's rush to attack Iran because they MIGHT have a nuclear weapon in ten years, versus Israel's now officially admitted nuclear arsenal and a history of attacks against neighbor nations.

In finally admitting that Israel has had nuclear weapons all along, Olmert has made every US Politician who ever stood up and portrayed Israel as a weak and helpless nation deserving of our billions in tax dollars look like a total blithering idiot at best, at worst complicit in a defrauding of the American taxpayer for the benefit of a foreign nation.

Every politician who ever stood up in Congress supporting yet another appropriations bill for Israel with the claim, "Israel must be defended", must be categorized as a liar. Israel didn't need defending. They just wanted more of our money any way they could get it. And with a few contributions from Israel's spies, they got it.

You, the taxpayer, have been SWINDLED! Israel has had a nuclear deterrent to protect itself all along, but still tricked you into paying for its "defense". And your Congresscritters helped them do it.

UPDATE: Already this story has been "orwellized" to try to pull back from Olmert's comment about Israel's nuclear weapons. The current spin is that even though Olmert openly talked about Israel's nuclear weapons, that this is not an "official" admission that Israel has them.
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What a blinding flash of the obvious.

In other stunning news, water is wet.

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Excellent post, Jessie!
Know what else is "funny"? The fact that US liberals and lefties have known what Olmert has just admitted for years- no, decades! We may not have been able to prove it but we sure as hell knew it!!!
Like I said in another thread US longhairs of the 60's knew that our long hair was dangerous. It could hide dangerous weapons- such as weapons of mass deduction, LOL!

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What a blinding flash of the obvious.

In other stunning news, water is wet.

Matt
You missed out...

Iraq has WMD
Bush is Americans best Prez
Bin-Laden is alive and well
WTC 7 collapsed due to fire
16 Arabs with box cutters outsmarted the Pentagon
And
One day man will land on the Sun.

Its ALL obvious!
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One day man will land on the Sun.
Ummm, Matt...?

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Ummm, Matt...?

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Please, Americans, is this news to you that Israel has nukes? USA itself has collaborated with Israel to build up a huge nuclear arsenal. According to the basics book of military (Jane's), there are 400 nuclear bombs and there is knowledge that USA has recently sent 40 nuclear bunker bombs to be used against Iranian nuclear power stations.

USA has used veto right in UN to silence all the international discussions about Israel and this coverup has helped Israel to continue it's illegal and immoral destruction of the Palestinian population and also the buildup of extremely dangerous nuclear and other WMD capacity. As the 911 commission lawyers in USA expressed, the USA is protecting Israel even in cases where Israel is attacking USA. In Europe Israel is seen as the second biggest threat to global peace after USA.

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IT'S OFFICIAL! OLMERT CONFIRMS ISRAEL HAS NUCLEAR WEAPONS!



This is not news to anyone who has been following Israel's history for any length of time, but it is a major problem for the Israel-firsters in the US, who justify the billions sent to Israel on the need for poor little Israel to defend itself against those mean ol' Arabs.

But now it is confirmed, Israel isn't defenseless. It has nuclear weapons, not subject to any controls at all, with which to threaten their neighbors.

Remember the invasion of Iraq? Remember the REASON we were told we had to invade Iraq, because Iraq had NOOKULAR BOMBS! Of course, as it turned out, they didn't. The nukes are down in Israel, where the Arab nations, Mordecai Vanunu, and assorted bloggers have been telling you they were all along.

So, Olmert has just exposed the total hypocrisy behind the invasion of Iraq.

Needless to say, this also pounds a huge dent in Bush's rush to attack Iran because they MIGHT have a nuclear weapon in ten years, versus Israel's now officially admitted nuclear arsenal and a history of attacks against neighbor nations.

In finally admitting that Israel has had nuclear weapons all along, Olmert has made every US Politician who ever stood up and portrayed Israel as a weak and helpless nation deserving of our billions in tax dollars look like a total blithering idiot at best, at worst complicit in a defrauding of the American taxpayer for the benefit of a foreign nation.

Every politician who ever stood up in Congress supporting yet another appropriations bill for Israel with the claim, "Israel must be defended", must be categorized as a liar. Israel didn't need defending. They just wanted more of our money any way they could get it. And with a few contributions from Israel's spies, they got it.

You, the taxpayer, have been SWINDLED! Israel has had a nuclear deterrent to protect itself all along, but still tricked you into paying for its "defense". And your Congresscritters helped them do it.

UPDATE: Already this story has been "orwellized" to try to pull back from Olmert's comment about Israel's nuclear weapons. The current spin is that even though Olmert openly talked about Israel's nuclear weapons, that this is not an "official" admission that Israel has them.
Same old story. Somehow you equate Israel with countries like Iran, Iraq, North Korea. Hopefully to most it is obvious that the are not the same. In regards to nukes there is one main difference and that is the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
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Re: It's Official! Israel Has Nuclear Weapons!

Do you think our Jewish friends would use nuclear weapons...and if so what country to you suspect they would love to use them on ?
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Please, Americans, is this news to you that Israel has nukes? USA itself has collaborated with Israel to build up a huge nuclear arsenal. According to the basics book of military (Jane's), there are 400 nuclear bombs and there is knowledge that USA has recently sent 40 nuclear bunker bombs to be used against Iranian nuclear power stations.
Do you have proof of that last claim (that the US is supplying nukes it Israel), or is it your usual "I heard some source say that some guy heard that..."?

It has been common knowledge for decades that Israel had nukes. This is scarcely breaking news.

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Do you have proof of that last claim (that the US is supplying nukes it Israel), or is it your usual "I heard some source say that some guy heard that..."?

It has been common knowledge for decades that Israel had nukes. This is scarcely breaking news.

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Israel is prefectly capable of devleoping bombs on their own, although it should be mentioned that France is really who got them started.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/israel/nuke.htm
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Israel is prefectly capable of devleoping bombs on their own, although it should be mentioned that France is really who got them started.

Nuclear Weapons - Israel
For God's sake man Israel would have a problem growing oranges without US aid.
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For God's sake man Israel would have a problem growing oranges without US aid.
While thats funny, it really doesnt add to the discussion.
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JV,

It is a legitimate response to a ridiculous statement.
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