Israel's Nuclear Programmes
Shahjahan Ahmed, Dhaka
The US stand against Iran's alleged nuclear programmes is hypocritical to say the least. The exposure by the BBC of Israel's nuclear programme in its excellent documentary aired last Sunday and the US position on the issue have convinced us that the US has no moral authority to question any other country on the nuclear programme, not even the North Koreans. The treatment by Israel of the guy who blew the whistle on its nuclear programme also revealed in the BBC documentary proved beyond doubt that in addition to being the regional bully armed to the teeth with nuclear and chemical weapons of mass destruction, Israel is also the worst violator of human rights and at par with the worst dictatorships existing now. US attitude over Israel's now well documented programmes for production of weapons of mass destruction is a clear example of how the rest of the world sees the USA today; a Super Power pursuing shamelessly a policy of double standards. Here you have the Israelis who have produced all conceivable WMDs but the US exempting it from any international inspection and Iran who is accused of producing it and the USA threatening invasion to subject the Iranians to inspection. The only conclusion that one can draw is that Iran's fault (as was Iraq's under Saddam Hussein) is not with pursuing the nuclear option (if it is) but in being an Islamic state. What enrages me even more than the US hypocrisy and its double standard is the position of the rich Arab states. Why cant these countries get together and demand of the USA to apply on Israel the same conditions that it has already applied on Iraq and now threatening to apply on Iran? They have the financial clout. On my part, I have no hope that they would and ultimately some divine intervention would be necessary to make the US see how wrong it is in following this double standard. The total subservience of the US administration to Israeli interests or Israelisation of US foreign policy is turning full circle and it is only a matter of time that the rest of the United States would see the folly of their neo-conservative leaders and force a change.
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