Doug Henwood wrote: > > Ulhas Joglekar wrote: > > >Fwiw, the UNSC resolution on Iran talks about the Middle East as > >Nuclear Weapons Free Zone. > > Except Israel, of course.
The principle is that (a) no nation in the Mideast shall have the power to defeat Israel and (b) Israel shall have the power to defeat any nation in the mideast. The possession of even one nuclear weapon (with delivery system) by any other mideast power would mean that second of these needs would become problematic. Since Israel could no longer use nuclear weapons (and no other nation _would_ use nuclear weapons), the Mideast would become, de facto, a nuclear-free zone. Hence, while Israel might continue to be protected against defeat ([a] above) by both by its own (non-nuclear) military power and by u.s. protection, it would no longer be guaranteed the capacity to defeat any other nation. Hence the scope and limits of its power, for the first time in nearly 60 years, would become negotiable. Peace would be guaranteed in the Mideast, and Israel cannot survive a lengthy period of peace. Hence the necessity (both for Israel and for u.s. imperial power) to deny nuclear weapons to any other state in the Mideast. Carrol
