LH,
"the real world that whe have to live in Israel is just as responsible as anyone else when it comes to having a nuclear arsenal and having the sense and decency not to use it violently on someone ELSE."


It seems to me that Israel HAS demonstrated that. In previous wars, even though the use of its nuclear weapons would have been more effective ( in terms of Israeli lives) than conventional forces, Israel has NOT used them. How many nations, whose very existance has been repeatedly threatened, have shown such restraint?

I believe that it has been made clear to ALL parties that the weapons that Israel has will not be used unless the existance of Israel and its people ( both Jewish and Moslem) is directly threatened. Can you say the same about Syria or Iran? Or Iraq, who DID use WMD against its OWN population????