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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (1195)	12/29/2002 6:23:19 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15987

<<Isra'El does not need to use chemical or nuclear weapons against others, their conventional weapons (thank you American taxpayer) is sufficient. So why does Isra'El need nuclear weapons and why do they refuse to sign the Nuclear Non-proliferation treaty? >> A couple of reasons. When the USSR existed there was a possibility that the USSR would aid the Moslems during a regional war against Israel. A few nukes pointed at USSR population centers was the dooms day solution. Now the nukes protect them from chemical, biological or nuclear attack. Still a dooms day deal but that's the way they think. Wipe us out and kiss your ass goodby.

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (1195)	12/29/2002 6:38:14 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

why do they refuse to sign the Nuclear Non-proliferation treaty? Because Shimon Peres has already stated in 1995 that "Israel would agree to a nuclear weapons free zone in the middle east two years after the conclusion of a comprehensive peace accord among all states in the region, including Iran." ceip.org But Israel has signed the CTBT, stating they would not be the first to test nuclear weapons in the region.. Why has the US refused to sign the nuclear test ban treaty, but Israel did (9/25/96)?? clw.org cns.miis.edu And if the English and French hadn't meddled in the region by kicking out those fun-loving Ottoman Turks in 1917, it would all be a moot point... Personally the worst thing that probably happened was the partitioning of the Middle East into a bunch of arbitrary and artificial nation states.. Hawk@toolatetogobacknow.com