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57. I can't believe they have 800 nukes...That's more than the rest of the world combined...

Thu Mar 19, 2015, 12:00 PM

Mar 2015

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I can't believe they have 800 nukes...That's more than the rest of the world combined, save the U S and Russia.

To the question of how many they have, it's folks guessing, albeit making educated guesses.

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Israel would be annihilated without U.S. and our money. Enough of the disrespect from Israel [View all] TheNutcracker Mar 2015 OP

I don't really get the point of this post. Yes, the disrespect from Netanyahu cali Mar 2015 #1

I disagree. The point is, we are supposed to be friends and allies. Do you treat your friends like TheNutcracker Mar 2015 #2

Agreed. For a country that we support with gobs of $$$, if Netti has a beef, visit Nay Mar 2015 #5

yeah, but your complaint is really rather pointless. cali Mar 2015 #9

Agreed - did you see the Peter Beinart article in Haaretz? karynnj Mar 2015 #26

Respect for Israel's desire not to be annihilated Joe Chi Minh Mar 2015 #64

What the world saw but apparently you missed over the past several criminal assaults sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #71

And don't forget awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #86

3+billions of Muslims... TRoN33 Mar 2015 #61

Kick to address this disrespect.... TheNutcracker Mar 2015 #3

no they wouldn't JI7 Mar 2015 #4

We give military equipment not money yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #6

Is the equipment free? Or do you and I pay for it? TheNutcracker Mar 2015 #12

We subsidize their purchase of our weapons. n/t Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2015 #79

It is 100% right! Military aid is money! Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #27

It's time to take down AIPAC here, and isolate it as a political power here! cascadiance Mar 2015 #7

That's a good start hootinholler Mar 2015 #11

That's interesting, I hadn't given any thought to AIPAC as an Espionage org. 2banon Mar 2015 #56

They've been caught at it hootinholler Mar 2015 #65

I agree. TheNutcracker Mar 2015 #13

No nation that has 200 to 400 nuclear weapons is going to be annihilated... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #8

Then let's get to the bottom of this nasty way they have taken. Since when do we take this kind of TheNutcracker Mar 2015 #14

I agree you with you about Netanyahu's behavior. It's alternately deplorable and depressing. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #17

If it was a Republican who was receiving this disrespect, they would be up in arms. olegramps Mar 2015 #22

Israel has a small population, much of which is conmcentrated in Tel Aviv. Nitram Mar 2015 #24

And the Middle East would be scoured clean of life Telcontar Mar 2015 #72

What happens when Russian nuclear IRBMs show up HoosierCowboy Mar 2015 #25

What have you been smoking? former9thward Mar 2015 #33

Isn't it immaterial? DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #42

So, they have achieved MAD status. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #35

I have written about this on a couple of occasions. olegramps Mar 2015 #29

They stole or "stole" them from the US. jeff47 Mar 2015 #44

Agree completely. Interesting side note about the number of nukes Israel has.. 2banon Mar 2015 #53

I can't believe they have 800 nukes...That's more than the rest of the world combined... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #57

Is it? I was always under the impression that we had thousands just here in the U.S. ? 2banon Mar 2015 #70

Yeah, Russia and the U S have about 8, 000 nukes each, down from 20,000 each because of SALT!!! DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #74

Israel has a gross domestic product of 300 billion dollars of which U S military AlbertCat Mar 2015 #62

I think there's something peculiarly conspiratorial when you have Baitball Blogger Mar 2015 #10

Exactly. It is now Israel that makes me feel unsafe! Take that Netti! TheNutcracker Mar 2015 #16

I want OUR money stopped madokie Mar 2015 #15

Not annihilated, procon Mar 2015 #18

we subsidize the healthcare for every man, woman and child in Israel n/t secondwind Mar 2015 #19

While they try to kill healthcare subsidies here! Israel should be able to stand on their own with TheNutcracker Mar 2015 #30

Israel has no support anywhere in the world HoosierCowboy Mar 2015 #20

Huge kick. We've become enablers. mountain grammy Mar 2015 #21

The U.S. should withhold financial support to Israel until... Nitram Mar 2015 #23

History is your friend: WinkyDink Mar 2015 #43

Tom Friedman appears to be your friend. DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2015 #58

What about the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin? Nitram Mar 2015 #67

You mean this Thomas Friedman? cpwm17 Mar 2015 #77

What a disgusting piece of bloviating, globalist shit, that guy is. Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2015 #80

You're right cpwm17 Mar 2015 #82

That mustache and that smugness belong in the 70s ... Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2015 #83

American U.N. vetoes protecting Israel are not going to have the cover of even a pretend peace process.... Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #28

I think there something we're forgetting Nuh Uh Mar 2015 #31

Cut them loose mwrguy Mar 2015 #32

Exactly what does that facile expression mean? WinkyDink Mar 2015 #40

Quit providing cover for their crimes at the UN and quit funding them. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2015 #75

Exactly that. mwrguy Mar 2015 #84

Yeah, unleash Michael Corleone! TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #46

Very interesting. It is about respect with an admission to annihilation.... NCTraveler Mar 2015 #34

Where's your beef? fleabiscuit Mar 2015 #36

All the president needs to do is direct our UN representative to the Security Council to abstain in MohRokTah Mar 2015 #37

Maybe under some other PM, but Netanyahu? I don't think so. cali Mar 2015 #39

Sure he can. MohRokTah Mar 2015 #41

Really? Is Israel a colony of ours? How do you feel about Egypt? WinkyDink Mar 2015 #38

i have always felt that the MODERN state of allan01 Mar 2015 #45

Funding info 2naSalit Mar 2015 #47

if americans knew is a hate site Mosby Mar 2015 #54

Please source your assertion. n/t Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2015 #81

Allison Weir is an Antisemite Mosby Mar 2015 #85

Israel can do without US money Thespian2 Mar 2015 #48

Israel is going to be annihilated anyway. oldandhappy Mar 2015 #49

How do you annihilate a nation armed to the teeth with four hundred nukes? DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #69

exactly! oldandhappy Mar 2015 #73

Alexander Haig got one thing right. RufusTFirefly Mar 2015 #50

The US is Israel's surrogate army and Republicans love the idea of our armed forces world wide wally Mar 2015 #51

Ray McGovern - Does Israel act like a U.S. ally? wildbilln864 Mar 2015 #52

I thought no one wanted to 'annihilate' them. B2G Mar 2015 #55

great point. Mosby Mar 2015 #60

we should have stopped all financial and military support long ago. bowens43 Mar 2015 #59

I agree with the OP. SoapBox Mar 2015 #63

Most Americans just don't understand the Israeli parliamentary system. fleabiscuit Mar 2015 #66

Wait.... what? philosslayer Mar 2015 #68

an estimated 300 nuclear weapons says otherwise Man from Pickens Mar 2015 #76

The ongoing disrespect, the hype that Netti will now make it hard for Obama for the next two years, TheNutcracker Mar 2015 #78

I doubt the "annihilation" part, but +1 S T O P T H E F U N D I N G Martin Eden Mar 2015 #87

As far back as this funding of nukes paid for by us goes, we have protected them. TheNutcracker Mar 2015 #88

It's about a LOT MORE than DISRESPECT Martin Eden Mar 2015 #89