Not "Israel first of all", Julie, "first of all, pressuring Israel". Judy Evans jaye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of JulieReneB@xxxxxxx Sent: 29 April 2004 03:39 To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Vanunu's Secret <sigh> Okay -- I'll bite. (I'm really going to regret answering all my mail tonight, in the morning.) Why Israel first ... of ALL.....? <<This means first of all pressuring Israel to renounce its nuclear weapons and programs,>> ========Original Message======== Subj:[lit-ideas] Re: Vanunu's Secret Date:4/26/2004 2:44:10 AM Central Daylight Time From:omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx To:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent on: --- Scribe1865@xxxxxxx wrote: > In a message dated 4/24/2004 8:15:41 AM Eastern > Daylight Time, > omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx writes: > the American policy > regarding nuclear armaments in the Middle East. > ââ?¬Å?Hey, > you there, Iraq and Iran and Libya, stop it! Not > YOU, > Israel!ââ?¬Â? > ______________ > Why should US policy be different? Would you have > wanted a nuke-toting > Saddam to have invaded Kuwait? > > Do you seriously believe that MORE countries should > have nukes? You don't > want to hold that number of countries steady, by > whatever means, while trying to > reduce stockpiles? I mean, if we allow mass > proliferation of any WMDs the > statistics will sooner or later catch up with all > the Homo sapiens sapiens. No, I don't believe that more countries should have nukes. I believe that less countries should have them. This means first of all pressuring Israel to renounce its nuclear weapons and programs, instead of assisting it with them. It also means that the US and other NNPT nuclear powers should be pressuring each other to reduce and gradually eliminate their stockpiles, as they have undertaken to do in the Treaty. But if they are not prepared to do this, then I can't see how they can, with any pretense of legality or fairness, deny Iran or any other countries the right to pursue nuclear weapons to balance and deter those of their enemies. You can't have it both ways, that is what I am saying. O.K. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html