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To: epicure who wrote (12064)7/15/2004 12:51:52 AM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (1) of 20773
 
A blast from the past, which nicely shreds the notion that the U.S. is motivated by a desire to reduce WMD proliferation:

<<< ... In April 1990, Saddam Hussein, then still George Bush's friend and ally, offered to destroy his chemical and biological weapons if Israel agreed to destroy its non-conventional weapons -- including its nuclear weapons. The State Department welcomed Hussein's offer to destroy his own arsenal, but rejected the link "to other issues or weapons systems." Note that these remain unspecified. Acknowledgement of the existence of Israeli nuclear weapons would raise the question why all U.S. aid to Israel is not illegal under congressional legislation of the 1970s that bars aid to any country engaged in clandestine nuclear weapons development ... >>>

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