Originally posted by JaTo:
Israel knocked out an Iraqi nuclear reactor facility back in the early '80s for the SOLE purpose of preventing Iraq the ability to manufacture of weapons-grade Uranium. No one screamed bloody-hell over that move.
Actually, ironically, at the time the US *did* scream bloody-hell and postponed a shipment of F-16s over the action. Granted, it was well before Hussein apparently lost his mind, but the international community wasn't that chuffed with Israel. The Israelis, to their credit, basically said "yeah, whatever" and it turns out they were right.
"Think of it, if you like, as a librarian with a G-string under the tweed." Clarkson on the Mondeo.
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