hey, sorry it has taken me so long to reply to this =(cjceejAugust 2 2009, 16:19:24 UTC
yes it's true everyone (americans, israelis, palestinians, iranians... everyone) has been implicitly exposed to the knowledge that israel possesses nuclear weapons, but neither the states nor israel has actually acknowledged to the united nations (or wherever this sort of thing is voiced aloud) that "yes, israel is a nuclear state." if america acknowledges publicly that israel is a powerful nation on its own due to its nuclear arsenal, it's possible that the average american (who currently doesn't spend much time thinking about the implications of israel having powerful weapons) would not be agree that we should send aid, guns, support, whatever so that israel can defend itself... meaning, if israel has nukes, they aren't really as helpless a nation as is commonly perceived.
our country's reputation is being hurt as our nation is almost 100% supportive of a dangerous, unstable nation, and to declare publicly that israel *also* has nukes would further discredit us in the eyes of the international community... so no one mentions that israel has (illegally) acquired nukes. i kind of think it's a waste of time to demand that arab states be friends with us, so long as we are unflinchingly defensive of israel's policy towards any country that is not fully in support of zionism; we're seen as trying to have it both ways, as wishy-washy. a nuclear iran would be a threat to israel, but don't you think a nuclear israel is already seen as much more of a threat to iran, especially since the states are on israel's side currently? and especially since radical israelis are saying shit like "ahmadinejad is the anti-christ and wants our nation wiped off the map, so we must bomb the shit out of his entire country before he can bomb ours"?
our country's reputation is being hurt as our nation is almost 100% supportive of a dangerous, unstable nation, and to declare publicly that israel *also* has nukes would further discredit us in the eyes of the international community... so no one mentions that israel has (illegally) acquired nukes. i kind of think it's a waste of time to demand that arab states be friends with us, so long as we are unflinchingly defensive of israel's policy towards any country that is not fully in support of zionism; we're seen as trying to have it both ways, as wishy-washy. a nuclear iran would be a threat to israel, but don't you think a nuclear israel is already seen as much more of a threat to iran, especially since the states are on israel's side currently? and especially since radical israelis are saying shit like "ahmadinejad is the anti-christ and wants our nation wiped off the map, so we must bomb the shit out of his entire country before he can bomb ours"?
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