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Mon Feb-09-09 09:52 PM
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The only country in the middle east with nuclear weapons? |
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Edited on Mon Feb-09-09 09:54 PM by usregimechange
Israel. Are they destabilizing the middle east? Yep, but no more than Hamas.
I do have to give kuddos to Obama for leading on reducing nukes world wide.
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Mon Feb-09-09 09:56 PM
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1. It wont be for long. Iran will have the bomb no matter what Isreal and the US says about it. |
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And other ME nations will follow afterward (some say the saudi's already has the bomb). Eventually MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) WILL come to the middle east.
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Mon Feb-09-09 09:59 PM
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3. Nukes are the single greatest threat to humanity on the planet, they must be removed from the face |
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Mon Feb-09-09 10:02 PM
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6. These folks ain't giving up their nukes. No way. |
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But I applaud President Obama for trying to reduce the number.
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Mon Feb-09-09 09:59 PM
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4. I doubt it. If they are close. Israel will bomb their ass. |
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At least the facility where its built
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Mon Feb-09-09 10:00 PM
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5. They have done it before. |
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Mon Feb-09-09 10:04 PM
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8. Actually that was Iraq |
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Israel sent jet fighters to bomb the Iraqi facility that French and German engineers were working on...
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Mon Feb-09-09 10:12 PM
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9. Before as in bombing countries to prevent nukes from becoming operational |
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Mon Feb-09-09 10:14 PM
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Mon Feb-09-09 10:03 PM
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7. then they will just build it again or continue the research in another area outside of their reach |
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Either way Iran WILL have the bomb. And Isreal WILL have to deal with it.
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Mon Feb-09-09 11:58 PM
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And where is your mention of Israel who is the trigger to the ME nuke race to begin with.
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Mon Feb-09-09 09:58 PM
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Edited on Mon Feb-09-09 09:59 PM by Thrill
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Mon Feb-09-09 10:13 PM
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10. Is Pakistan not considered "Middle East"? |
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Mon Feb-09-09 10:17 PM
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Mon Feb-09-09 10:18 PM
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Mon Feb-09-09 10:22 PM
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14. Good point (should have thought of that) |
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Edited on Mon Feb-09-09 10:23 PM by PFunk
IMO Pakistan should be considered part of the ME. However since the US needs their support in the supposed "War on Terror" Isreal can't overtly say that they are enemies. Thus they are off-limits (at least for now).
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Tue Feb-10-09 02:15 AM
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20. Politically Pakistan is part of the Middle East as far as I'm concerned |
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Mon Feb-09-09 11:54 PM
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15. The Question Was Deliberately Phrased |
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to prompt Obama to answer Israel. He either didn't get the drift (which I doubt) or deliberately punted.
I guess you could argue it wasn't the right time, wouldn't have made any difference in the grand scheme of things, or some other excuse, but it *was* depressing to hear him evade that part of the answer.
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Mon Feb-09-09 11:57 PM
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17. I agree. But I loved the other 95% of what he had to say |
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Mon Feb-09-09 11:56 PM
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16. I liked that he didn't completely deny it |
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Which indicates to me that he knew what Helen meant and gave a signal that he would like to see them get rid of their nukes along with the rest of the world.
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Tue Feb-10-09 01:17 AM
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19. What is truly sad about that question is |
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Obama knows it. A few presidents have known it. Congress knows it. Hell, everyone on DU knows it.
And no one is willing to state it publicly.
Why?.....
That is the reason that Ms. Thomas asked the question.
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Tue Feb-10-09 02:40 AM
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21. I......disagree, I say she was angling back round to Israel's behavior in the region... |
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toward Gaza in particular without naming Israel, which she knew would generate push-back from several points on the compass; while offering other peculiar regional behaviors her absolution by referring to them as "so called" so that yes...
Many do know the answers to Ms. Thomas' sometimes ethereal Q's specific to the region
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Tue Feb-10-09 08:14 AM
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22. When was the last time Israel lobbed nukes into Gaza. |
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