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Originally posted by powerclown
In a part of the world where force and display of power are valued so highly (as well as being a stable, moderate, cooperative democracy in the ME) Israel imo should have the right to retain its regional military superiority as a matter of survival and deterrence.
edit: I see this IAEA visit as a token gesture, more in line with maintaining its own veneer of credibility and consistency than anything positive. If they want to do anything constructive, they'd do well to focus more attention on the insane fundamentalist mullahs in Iran who are so desperate to develop their own nuclear arsenal.
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How can it be a need to allow Israel to maintain a superiority Military-wise when the grounds for the conflict they are involved in are not justified. Regardless of how savage the Palestinians are deemed to be...this conflict over that land is not over and hardly explained. The most you hear is how savage the Arab Palestinians are and how victimized Israel is.
I wish our country, military and tax dollars could be taken OUT of that conflict. I take no side yet I can comment on how unbalanced the situation seems.
As stated earlier (above) if Israel didnt sign the UN treaties and should not be subject to the rules then why are people like Wolfwitz and Pearle writing US policy which coincide with some of their opinions and directives written in papers such as 'Securing the Realm"??