[Mr Ramsbotham]

Fat chance, suckers.

[Starve The Beast]

If I were Israel, I'd answer with Charlton Heston's line: "You can have my nukes when you take them from my cold, dead fingers". Let's face it, if Israel didn't have the nuclear edge, they'd be cold and dead by now anyway.

[LauraleeBraswell]

What are we doing?!!! Democracies do not attack their neighbors and Israel is a Democracy!

[expatguy]

Partisan Politics and Intelligence covered here

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

[StuLongIsland]

Israel get rid of the nukes, Iran getting rid of theirs because Israel is? There must be some Dem appeasers left at state.

[JimRed]

Suicide by Israel? I don't think so!

[E Rocc]

No way should Israel give up their nukes. As long as they have them, their borders are secure....wherever they are.

-Eric

[GullyFolye]

Words without meaning...you might as well ask Israel to deny the holocaust.

[ASA Vet]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1376522/posts

[MrDem]

Why Israel Needs Nukes for Dummies

[sheik yerbouty]

The State Department should be asked foreswear its long entrenched Arabists.

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on or off this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

[Canard]

It's only proper that the US should be advocating non-proliferation and a nuclear free Middle East, it's the only consistent standpoint to take.

[labette]

Remember the good ol' days {last week}, when the only power mad dictators in this country had to wear robes?
Seriously, it is time to put the ruling class in its place.

[IAF ThunderPilot]

Sounds great doesn't it?

First Israel give up its nukes.
Then Iran announces that it produced nuclear bombs.
After a while Iran demands from Israel to leave all the "Arab lands", otherwise it will nuke Israel.

Sounds great doesn't it?

[OneTimeLurker]

I think they should worry about Pakistan (MUCH MORE than is evident). I don't think there is much reason to fear Israel selling nuke tech to Iran for example. I also don't think there is much chance that an unfriendly goverment will take control of Israel's nukes and use them against, or sell them to others to be used against us.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Disgruntled Clinton holdovers spouting off. Condi needs to go down there and kick their butts.

[freeangel]

Uh--We will if you will might be a more appropriate line. And that's the line the Israelis should use to us.

[Seeing More Clearly Now]

All this demonstrates is that the hypocritical world prefers its Jews dead. After the U.S. gives up the last of its nuclear weapons and its been verified that the mass murdering nations have done the same and there is peace on earth for ten years, only then should anyone have the chutzpah to talk to Israel about giving up its nukes.

Israel's nukes are a factor that promotes peace.

[FairOpinion]

"The U.S. State Department has often taken pro-Arab positions on the Arab-Israeli dispute over the years, and has been wary of projecting Israeli power in the Middle East.

Sometimes the department’s positions ostensibly contradict those of the president. "


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Some serious house cleaning needs to be done in the State Department. This is nothing new -- the place is full of these "mid level officials", who always take the position of the enemy against the US.