Why does Israel get to keep its nuclear weapons?

**Pannonian** · 03-20-2014, 13:40

Originally Posted by Hooahguy

Because what others have said before, and because AIPAC would freak out if anyone said anything about it, at least in the US.

Also, slight deviation:

Something somewhere was posted on a friend's FB how a good chunk of Europeans don't think that Jews are very loyal citizens, much to the cries of anti-Semitism by my brethren.

I just laugh, because lets face it, with all the internal calls to move back to our "homeland" AKA Israel (and it is a very strong movement), why are my brethren surprised that a lot of people don't think that they are loyal to any country but Israel?

I think they're better citizens than a sizeable chunk of Muslims though, in that they at least don't look to actively harm their host countries. But even that particular scourge is far outnumbered by those who are good citizens. Maybe I'm just thankful that there isn't the equivalent of AIPAC in the UK, where a political organisation loyal to a foreign state wields considerable power. Our subservience to the US doesn't count, as it's just a case of me too to the big dog that you'd expect in politics.