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From: gershon@utcsri.UUCP (Ron Gershon)
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Subject: Re: Belligerent nations
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Date: Tue, 2-Apr-85 16:37:45 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr  2 16:37:45 1985
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> > Calling Israel "belligerent" ignores the fact that the state
> > has been under attack since its establishment in 1948.  Also, the fact 
> > that Israel has put some of Iraq's nuclear capacity out of commission has
> > been omitted.
> > Brian Nixon.
> 
> I think your second comment undermines your statement.  Isreal blew-up the
> Iraqi Nuclear Powerplant because they don't want anyone "else" to have
> the bomb in the area.  I would equate this to the US waging war on the 
> USSR in 1950 to get them before they got the bomb.
> 
> 		larry fast (Universty of Waterloo)
> 		broadcasting from exile

Israel's reason for blowing up the Iraqi reactor was as a result of declarationsmade by Iraq's President that one day they will use the bomb against the 
"Zionists". Apparently only Israel took these declarations seriously, but maybe
some of the mustard gas victims hospitalized recently in Europe may prove that
they are willing to use ANYTHING in their "Holy War". Israel tried for at least
3 years to persuade France (and other Western countries) to prevent them
from selling nuclear technology, but apparently the French have other ideas
about sales of weapons to countries involved in conflicts (eg, Exocet...)
Judging by the world's reaction after the bombing, I do not think that there
were too many nations crying over the loss of the reactor (including the USSR)
and that takes into account the Americans' withholding of an F-16 shipment
(which was in effect only a couple of months).

As was mentioned over the net -- if Israel is doing well with convetional
weapons, why should they use nuclear warfare?

		Ron Gershon
      
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