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Boswells_Johnson Donating Member (526 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-06-09 02:11 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: Secret U.S.-Israel nuclear accord in jeopardy
Source: Washington Times

President Obama's efforts to curb the spread of nuclear weapons threaten to expose and derail a 40-year-old secret U.S. agreement to shield Israel's nuclear weapons from international scrutiny, former and current U.S. and Israeli officials and nuclear specialists say.

The issue will likely come to a head when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Mr. Obama on May 18 in Washington. Mr. Netanyahu is expected to seek assurances from Mr. Obama that he will uphold the U.S. commitment and will not trade Israeli nuclear concessions for Iranian ones.

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/06/us-weighs-forcing-israel-to-disclose-nukes/



This is good. The world needs fewer double-standards.
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tomm2thumbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-06-09 02:28 PM
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1. level playing field for all nations & transparency in government

sounds interesting
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-06-09 02:32 PM
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2. How do they know its in jeopardy if its a secret?
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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-06-09 02:45 PM
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3. I think it has long been "nudge, nudge, wink, wink"
"A nudge is as good as a wink to a blind bat."
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amandabeech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-06-09 07:47 PM
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6. "Will they go? Will they go?"
I don't want to find out what it feels like.

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Winterblues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-06-09 06:22 PM
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4. There is Diplomacy at work
Someone is there telling them that they Will have a two state solution...We do hold some chips after all.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-06-09 07:15 PM
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5. Washington Times?
Not surprising that they don't know how diplomacy is conducted.

Your excuse?
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-06-09 07:48 PM
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7. Secret my ass. nt
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UpInArms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-06-09 08:05 PM
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8. secrets kill people
stop the secrets - stop the lies

Open our governments and do not do anything in the dark that you don't want to do in the light of day.

Anything else is bullshit.
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