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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (999)	12/26/2002 6:38:04 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

If Isra'El did not possess nuclear weapons others in the region would not be arming themselves for bear in tandem, IMHO. Maybe if Israel hadn't been attacked REPEATEDLY, in an attempt to utterly destroy it, they wouldn't need nuclear weapons... Now would they?? Besides, I'd have a HELL of a lot less problem with Arab states having nuclear weapons were they DEMOCRACIES, and not despotic dictatorships... Israel has never used either chemical or nuclear weapons against an enemy... However, Iraq has... Hawk

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (999)	12/26/2002 9:33:35 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15987

Such silly questions. Israle has shown no propensity, despite grave provocation, to use WMD against its neighbors. Saddam Insane however has used them against his neighbors in Iran and even his own people. Democratic governments like Israel's have no need to threaten their neighbors. We should support Israel, the only democracy in the region in EVERY way possible.