Reply #4: It's simply a charade we play along with. Since 1986-87, it's been... [View All]

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...more than clear that Israel had nuclear weapons. Not just the technology to make nuclear weapons, but actual working nuclear weapons. In 1986 there was Vanunu, in 1987 the "Vela Incident". The only countries in the world who pretend not to know that Israel has a large (large as in 100-200 nuclear weapons, minuscule in comparison to the U.S. 20,000 or so weapons but still enough to destroy life on earth) stockpile are the United States and the U.K.

They are "our horse in the race" in that region and we play by a different set of rules when it comes to their actions because of it.

PB