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Wars that serve others-Waste

The conversation of Iran's nuclear capability is never at a loss for ignoring some interesting facts that are carefully avoided by mainstream news outlets. First, Israel introduced nuclear weapons into the middle east; aided by the French building their nuclear reactor, and the theft of a hundred pounds of enriched uranium from the reactor in Apollo, Pa. in 1967. According to Janes military analysts in England, Israel has some two hundred nuclear weapons. Second, unlike Iran, Israel is not a signatory of the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Third, unlike Iran, Israel does not allow the IEA on the site of its nuclear facility at Dimona to conduct inspections. A site that for many years was called a textile plant by neo-con, Israel-firsters here in America. As with the case for war with Iraq stated by General Zini on Sixty Minutes in 2005, "to make Israel safer", nothing short of Washington going to war and bombing Iran into the stone age will satisfy Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu. America does not need to expend more flesh and blood and national treasure to serve Israel's agenda. Note, a back-channel news outlet indicates that Israel's very old nuclear reactor is leaking, posing a Chernobyl like threat to the region.   P3

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