Posted on 05/09/2010 6:27:43 PM PDT by SmartInsight
The United States, Russia, Britain, France and China voiced support on Wednesday for making the Middle East a nuclear-weapons-free zone, which would ultimately force Israel to scrap any atomic arms it has.
The move, in a joint statement, reflected U.S. concern to win Arab backing for sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program by offering a concession over its ally Israel, but Washington says the zone cannot be actually established yet.
"We are committed to a full implementation of the 1995 NPT resolution on the Middle East and we support all ongoing efforts to this end," the five permanent U.N. Security Council members said in a statement issued at a conference taking stock of the 1970 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
The 1995 resolution adopted by signatories of the landmark arms control treaty called for making the Middle East a zone without nuclear arms. The Jewish state has never confirmed or denied having nuclear arms.
"We are ready to consider all relevant proposals in the course of the (NPT) Review Conference in order to come to an agreed decision aimed at taking concrete steps in this direction," said the statement, which was obtained by Reuters.
U.S. support for the idea of creating such a zone in the future could be unwelcome to Israel, which has said it can only consider it once there is Middle East peace.
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?Do you mean Washington?
Israel never signed on to the NPT.
They can tell everyone to ‘go pound sand’..
U.S. included.
Obama is a muslim commie...nothing ELSE.
Personally, I’m not sure the American Jews care about Israel. I don’t know that for sure, but, if they did, wouldn’t they be voicing their opinions on this? Come to think of it, Barbara Streisand is Jewish. I rest my case.
“What the heck is Obama going to do about it? Attack Israel?”
Yes!
Obama is setting the stage and manufacturing excuses to withdraw support from Israel. If Israel has to attack Iran to take out their nukes, I understand they have to fly over Iraq and somebody in the Obama administration said that in that case the US may have to fire on Israeli planes.
Is Washington an enemy of Israel?
Does a bear...? Of course they will.
Nonsense.
There is nothing by way of international law stopping India or Pakistan from making and stockpiling nuclear weapons.
Israel might have signed the CTBT or NPT, which makes the situation different for it.
George Soros is Jewish also and he bankrolled Obama,Moveon.org and may leftists organizations, all of which hate Israel.
And anyone else who imports them.
Even more so.
Expended, even just 250, there isn't going to be much locally to challenge them.
Sounds biblical to me.
Zer0 is insignificant and is subtracting from that.
Probably. Would do us a world of hurt in the short term. Beyond that... I don't know.
Don’t underestimate Obama — we may see WW III before this is over.
“It is clear not only that Obama has no intention of helping Israel militarily, but also that members of his administration have made outright threats of armed action against our ally. When questioned about Obama’s Mideast advisor Brzezinski, who believes that the U.S. should shoot down Israeli war planes if they fly over Iraqi airspace, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, simply responded, “I just wouldn’t get into the speculation of what might happen and who might do what.”
Here at home, American Jews have become complacent and apathetic.”
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/the_mainstreaming_of_antisemit.html
Dividing by zero will always give you errors..
I’m proud to be the first in this thread to say FUBO!
Welcome to the club, FRiend.
FUBO!!
Actually, you’re not.
See Post #16
But, all FUBO’s are welcome....
:0)
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