Isreal does not need to allow the inspectors
Iran does.
You are the one making the argument that Israel does not have a need for nuclear weapons.
Then you come back in the same post claiming that the ME is getting hostile to Israel.
As has been shown before, those that are willing to be killed to destroy Israel do not care that they die.
It is the threat of Israel's retaliation that stops nation states for going along with such notions.
As long as Israel exists, there will be hatred against it and because of it. Just like as long as the US exists, there will be hatred against it. Nothing can be done to stop it; only prevent it from becoming a nasty infection.
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Sorry EK, IMHO, your argument is bogus from start to finish.
You start by stating, "Isreal does not need to allow the inspectors
Iran does." As I ask why do you have that double standard. If we demand the right to inspect Iran, why should not Israel be subject to that same scrutiny?
Iran signed the NPT, Israel did not. That is the difference. Which is the reasons that the IAEA is there in the first place. without having your ducks in order, you again look foolish.
Then you say, "As has been shown before, those that are willing to be killed to destroy Israel do not care that they die.
It is the threat of Israel's retaliation that stops nation states for going along with such notions." Which is simply another way of saying might makes right. But it becomes very hard to believe that Israel is a very moral nation given its immoral behavior to both its Arab Neighbors and the Palestinian people it treats with total disdain as they don't even have third class citizenship in the land of their birth.
Israel has no obligation to it's Arab neighbors except in your mind. they are a different state, have no obligations to Israel and tolerate attacks from their territory against Israel. Yet you feel that Israel needs to be moral to them?
The Palestinians do not factor into the equation except as an excuse by others. the Palestinians have shown that they do not want Israel around; Israel is willing to reciprocate. Separate issue unless you are intending on derailment. Then I can also note that are countless countries across the globe, who do not require large military's to put the fer of God into the neighbors to survive. As they simply operate under the golden rule, and if they treat each other with mutual respect, no military action is ever needed.
Without Israel's military, she would be attacked by hostile states again. The Arabs seem to have a hard time learning their lessons and keeping their promises of treaties. the military has also been shown to be needed to protect Israeli citizens abroad from hostile Arab forces
You want the golden rule; tell that to Gaza; Hamas has control over ordnance being lobbed from there continually. Ask why the UN has to be sitting on the Golan and the Lebanese borders. Ask why the wall had to be built along the West Bank?
Then you come back and say, "As long as Israel exists, there will be hatred against it and because of it. Just like as long as the US exists, there will be hatred against it. Nothing can be done to stop it; only prevent it from becoming a nasty infection.["
Which is certainly wrong in the case of Israel, as long as Israel treats their neighbors and the Palestinian people with contempt, injustice, and total hostility, Israel will
never become an accepted part of the Mid-east. If Israel wants to become an accepted part of the Mid-east, Israel has much technical expertise to offer the mid-east if its willing to lose its total hostility.
The hostility also exists from its neighbors because Israel exists. Israel has been willing to work with Turkey when asked. The Arab states refuse to ask for Israel's help; they embargo anyone that deals with Israel. They reject anyone entering their country that have an Israel stamp on the passport.
As for the USA, for its first 150 years or so, no one hated the USA or tried to attack it, and that was trues even after WW1 and WW2. But now its not as true now because the USA manages to push too many nations around and it backfires on the USA far too often.
In short EK, I believe you advocate the policies that will guarantee the destruction of Israel in the longer term.
