France is floating a plan to revive global nuclear disarmament efforts via the UN. Which would be great except Israel is in a part of the world filled with hostile enemies who rarely if ever live up to their treaty obligations. Countries like Syria and Iran and Egypt either cheat outright or play the nudge-wink game of politicized international law. That was John McCain’s argument for why he would shield Israel from disarmament efforts:
As far as Israel is concerned, and in view of the candidates’ current positions – no one is better than McCain… McCain has a deep understanding of the region’s strategic problems and publicly supports a nuclear deterrent for Israel… McCain dared speak out – not only against an Iranian nuclear capability, but also in favor of an Israeli one. In essence, McCain seeks both to prevent nuclear proliferation and grant Israel an exemption from this regime; he calls it “a special status.” … “arms control measures must recognize Israel’s strategic isolation and the fact that Israel exists in an area where it can fully join an arms control regime once it is clear that all other states in the Middle East will fully comply with such a regime…” The knowledge that his views would “irritate many Arab friends of the U.S.” did not bother him.
Maybe Obama will take the same position. But liberal foreign policy experts have been gearing up to get Obama to pressure Israel on its nuclear arsenal. And the LAT has been bragging about how Obama – having elevated the UN ambassador to a cabinet position – will embrace UN efforts. So as long as you’re confident that Obama will (a) reject the vaunted opinion of liberal foreign policy elites and (b) endanger his plan to prioritize the UN – no worries!
References:
* France floats EU plan on nuclear weapons cuts [Charleston Gazette]
* Hamas Decides to Be Helpful, Illustrates Many Ways International Law is Structured Against Israel [MR]
* The best of all possible presidents [Ha'aretz]
* US Foreign Policy Experts To Obama: Take Away Israel’s Nuclear Deterrent [MR]
* For the U.N., a clean break [LAT]
Previously:
* LA Times Quotes Syrian Conspiracy Mongering As "IAEA Report", Blames Israel For Syrian Uranium Traces
* Israel Gearing Up For Unilateral Strike On Iran?
* Brzezinski: Israeli Campaign Against Iran Will Detonate US-Israel Relations
