U.S. Army document describes Israel as 'a nuclear power' - Haaretz - Israel News »
Posted By dissent 11 months, 1 week ago in NewsIn a rare breach of official American adherence to Israel's policy of nuclear ambiguity, the U.S. military is terming Israel "a nuclear power" on a par with Russia, China, India, Pakistan and North Korea, all of which have declared their nuclear weapon status, and ahead of "nuclear threshold powers" Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, and the "emerging" Iran.
The reference to Israel as a nuclear power is contained in a document published late last year by the U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM), the Norfolk, Virginia-based headquarters in charge of preparing American forces for their military missions worldwide, including in Iraq and Afghanistan. JFCOM's chief, U.S. Marine Corps Four-Star General James Mattis, also heads NATO's Allied Command Transformation.
Israel's nuclear program is rarely, if ever, explicitly mentioned in public, unclassified U.S. official documents.
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we live in a culture of war.
let's make it a culture of peace.
"my country is the world. and my religion is to ...
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dissent11 months, 1 week ago
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what? we're admitting that israel, a country that has refused to sign the npt, has..... shock, horror.... NUCLEAR POWER!?!
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hey... don't look here! look over there! over there at iran!!
they've signed the npt! the iaea says they have no nuclear weapons! we don't care if they dot their 'i's and cross their 't's, that just means they're up to something! we know better and by god we've got to stop them.... anyway. :| -
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Dionys11 months, 1 week ago
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As opposed to the 1400 cuts that Israel inflicted on the Palestinians in less than a month -- killing 1400 innocent Palestinians, some gathered in houses and then bombed by Israel?
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Strange that you could forgive human deaths so easily based on who's "side" they're on. Apparently for you some humans are worth less than others.
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CaptainLucid11 months, 1 week ago
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Israel has nukes? That is like so 20 years ago. By the way do India and Pakistan have nukes yet. I once was debating a Russian who knew for a fact that the Empire State Building was the tallest in the world. This was well after the Sears tower and half a dozen efforts by minor Asian countries.
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hyperbola11 months, 1 week ago
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Under US law, we are NOT permitted to sell military or dual use equipment to countries that have not signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (Israel). If we had a country that was under rule-of-law, there would be large numbers of american officials and politicians (many of them zionists) who should be jailed immediately. This is just another example of zionist racists in our government, media and politics being above the law.
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