Edwards Middle East policy doesn't acknowledge Israeli nukes

Leaving the studios of CBS, presidential candidate Senator John Edwards repeated his position that he was for direct engagement with Iran. That position is qualified by Edwards also insisting that "all options on the table."

In January, in a satellite broadcast to the Herzliya Conference in Israel Senator Edwards asserted "once Iran goes nuclear, other countries in the Middle East will go nuclear, making Israel's neighborhood much more volatile."

Sam Husseini wondered if the region wasn't already destabilized by Israel's own first possession (excluding the United States' own projection of force) of nuclear arms in the Middle East.

Husseini asked the senator if he would acknowledge Israel's nuclear weapons and wondered if the lack of such acknowledgment also aggravated the situation.

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[jennnkc]

He knows that his political ambitions are dead if he crosses AIPAC

[farewellmyth]

Wow, that sounded like a REAL journalist for once.  Keep at them!

[kakompo]

No. Mossad might be. Well eventually they would want to go.

[TheShotokanWarrior]

Is Israel in Iran?

[kakompo]

tsk tsk tsk... Edwards is afraid ti go there. When asked about Israel he goes on and on about Iran instead.

[friendly0as0hell]

I love this thread, finally some people speak out against the double standard that is Colonial Zionism.

[tonaroma]

what's the point of having nukes and not letting anyone know about them?

it's like having a rabid guard dog and not posting a sign "beware of dog". where's the deterrent factor?

it's almost like you want someone to break in so you can unleash the dogs... but then again, those wacky israelis.. you never know what's in their heads.

i say, let everyone have a danged nuke.. it's like a comfort blankie. makes a nation feel like it's got big kahunas so they can strut their stuff w/o over reactin

[shevegen]

They have no guts to force Israel to admit that it has nukes.

And Israel does not want to admit it because then they could not bully neighbour countries.

[whturschoice]

Except for a very few congressmen and senators everyone else is stooge of A.I.P.A.C and have their loyalties at the wrong place. Can't believe America is in finical ruins and senators has the time to pass resolution to support atrocities of I_srael. Who is watching out for America??

[oldjoe5]

Do you understand the difference between assertions and proof?

[jennnkc]

Yikes. Invasion and 20 year occupation of Lebanon, prime force behind US invasion and war in Iraq, pressuring US pols to attack Iran, recent bombings of Lebanon and Syria. Some stabilizing force this Israel is