Progress in the mideast?

[webfusion]

Cute edit, demon, you took off the reference to MAD, which you claimed worked really well --- and I know why you edited it out of the above post, because even you can't imagine the wacked-out Iranians being in possession of nuclear weapons!

ETA:
link
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2003/20439.htm

 

[demon]

webbie:
"because even you can't imagine the wacked-out Iranians being in posession of nuclear weapons!"

Why can`t I imagine the Iranians with nuclear weapons?

The Iranians are "wacked out"? Compared to who?

 

[demon]

From your link:
"The IAEA is undertaking a rigorous examination of Iran’s nuclear activities, and we look forward to hearing from Dr. ElBaradei at the June Board of Governors meeting as to the results to date of that examination."


Let`s get up to date...your link dates from May 9, 2003. Mine from Dec 6, 2005.

To repeat...

quote:
ElBaradei to 'Post': No nuclear 'smoking gun' in Iran
DAVID HOROVITZ, THE JERUSALEM POST Dec. 6, 2005

The International Atomic Energy Agency has found no "smoking gun" in Iran that would indicate a nuclear weapons program, Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, the director-general of the IAEA, told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. At the same time, however, he acknowledged that, until three years ago, Teheran maintained an undeclared nuclear program for 18 years, which the IAEA failed to detect.

ElBaradei said there was now "lots of speculation" about an Iranian drive to nuclear weapons capability. But "we try to work on the basis of facts," he said. And the facts, he said in response to a question from the Post, were that "we haven't seen a smoking gun in Iran. We haven't seen an underground production enrichment facility. We haven't seen enough materials in Iran, other than gram quantities, to put into a weapon."...
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1132475695339&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printer

 

[zenith-nadir]

That said, I think that the U.S. supports Israel far too much militarily. It has become a crutch that I believe hinders the peace process.

IMO Mephisto Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades - who are designated terror organizations by the E.U., U.S. and Israel "hinder the peace process", not military aid to Israel. It is these groups who are backed by Syria and Iran that not only attack Israel they attack Palestinians who do not agree with their fanatical brand of Islam. Their goal is the destruction of Israel and to replace it with an Islamic theocracy.

Israel is the largest recipient of US foreign aid.

I went through the numbers above in detail. Yes Israel is the largest recipient of US foreign aid. That dollar amount represents a MIND-BLOWING! 0.2% of annual U.S. spending. So 99.80% of annual U.S. spending is not destined for Israel. Yet the constant spin heard far and wide is...

...and we're not happy that the US continues to dump massive amounts of resources into Israel most of which are in the form of military aid that may have to do more with with congressional lobbying and bribing by arms manufacturers than any needs of Israel.

0.2% of annual U.S. spending = massive amounts of resources.

 

[webfusion]

No smoking? ElBaradei is high on crack, IMHO.