[lbo-talk] Obama agrees to keep Israel's nukes secret (shhhhh....no one knows...)

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Oct 2 10:42:50 PDT 2009


On Oct 2, 2009, at 1:18 PM, Bryan Atinsky wrote:


> Well, unlike Iran, Israel is not a state where religious authorities
> hold official state power and which is embroiled in aggressive wars
> with their neighbors in the region...or...wait...nevermind...

I once asked a guy from the Council on Foreign Relations why it was ok that Israel had hundreds of bombs and Iraq wasn't allowed just one. What's the standard? Is it just countries we like? He sputtered some, said it was an outrageous question, but was unable to formulate an answer.

Doug



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