AltMediaGuyMA to AltMedia · 4 days agoMarjorie Taylor Greene moves to cut aid to 'nuclear armed' Israelresponsiblestatecraft.orgexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down13
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minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoIn another timeline, a US politician saying Israel has nuclear weapons would be a major headline, a BIG fucking deal.
minus-squareramble81@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoStupid question: why? I thought it was well known they have them?
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoIt fucks up non-proliferation. Why would the rules bind Iran for example, if they don’t bind Israel? The US loses negotiating positions if it can’t keep pretending that the rules matter.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 days agoThe West has pretended for decades that Israel wasn’t armed with nuclear weapons. Kind of a wink and nod, know what I mean?
In another timeline, a US politician saying Israel has nuclear weapons would be a major headline, a BIG fucking deal.
Stupid question: why? I thought it was well known they have them?
It fucks up non-proliferation.
Why would the rules bind Iran for example, if they don’t bind Israel?
The US loses negotiating positions if it can’t keep pretending that the rules matter.
The West has pretended for decades that Israel wasn’t armed with nuclear weapons. Kind of a wink and nod, know what I mean?