May
9thIsrael Nuclear Weapons Roadblock to Mideast Summit
When I read this headline, it struck a major cord in my mind. Israel in it’s very limited time in existence as a nation has managed to escape signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty. Israel has also managed to gain a nuclear arsenal despite being the only mideast power to acquire such weaponry. In a world where Iran and other nations have been under the most intense international scrutiny over it’s suspected nuclear weapons program for carrying out measures that are actually deemed acceptable by the international standards set forth by the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, Israel is now being looked at as a major possible roadblock to the summit before it is scheduled to take place. In today’s world where the middle east is so unstable, a nation that is backed by the United States on nearly any issue and will no doubt be defended militarily in virtually any scenario, it is irresponsible to not place this subject into the proper context. The United States defends Israel by telling Arab nations, including Iran, that singling out Israel could be a threat to the summit is almost gut bursting laughable. Here we have the world on the verge of economic collapse, and it is nearly spectacular that we will at least have a summit of this type, yet the only mideast nuclear power has yet to rise to the international standard for the nuclear neighborhood. This is equally confusing when we see Iran, that has time and again cooperated with the U.N., [...]
