Originally posted by Jeb Hoge:
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.
That's it. We threw a polite fit and merely delayed a shipment of planes. Us screaming bloody-hell to Israel is more akin to the times we have raised stink to the UN about their handling of Palestinians (they are few and far between, I'll admit)...
My point is that the International community didn't pile on top of each other denouncing this action for MONTHS on end, like they've done to us on Iraq...
Different situations to an extent, but the inconsistentcy of responses is what bothers me.
JaTo
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