Monday, April 20, 2009

Iran, Israel, and the US double standard


Iran is too independent and disobedient:

Q: Most of the analysts of international affairs cannot still digest the nuclear double standards of the U.S. government. While supporting the atomic arsenal of Israel, U.S. continuously pressures Iran to halt its civilian nuclear programs. What are the reasons? Does the IAEA have the authority to probe into the cases of Israel’s atomic weaponry?

A: The basic point was explained very candidly by Henry Kissinger. He was asked by the Washington Post why he now claims that Iran does not need nuclear energy so it must be working on building a bomb, while in the 1970s he insisted forcefully that Iran needs nuclear energy and the U.S. must provide the Shah with the means to develop it.  His answer was pure Kissinger: “They were an allied country” so they needed nuclear energy.  Now they are not an ally, so they do not need nuclear energy.  As for Israel, it is an ally, more accurately a client state.  So they inherit from the master the right to do as they please.

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