Oh, we knew that the post at No. 25 was not yours. It was accurate! That COULDN'T be you!

The disaster at Chernobyl produced more radioactive fallout than the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, combined. I haven't heard of any two-headed babies being born, have you?

in 1973, Golda Meir had been secretly warned of an imminent war by King Hussein of Jordan on Sept. 25. Israel's first attempted counterattack on Oct. 8 was a miserable failure. At the end of that day, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan was heard murmuring about ''the end of the Third Kingdom.'' The commander of the air force, Gen. Benny Peled, warned that with the rate of losses his forces were enduring, within a week Israel might no longer have any effective air power. It was in the early hours of Oct. 9 that Moshe Dayan told Golda Meir to prepare the nuclear weapons. The Soviet Union had sent nuclear arms and missiles to Egypt. Any use of nuclear bombs by Israel on Egypt and Syria would have provoked retaliation by Russian nuclear weapons that had been placed in Egypt. Officers of the Strategic Rocket Forces were sent to Egypt. Any use of nuclear bombs by Israel on Egypt and Syria would have provoked retaliation by Russian nuclear weapons that had been placed in Egypt. Kissinger persuaded Meir not to fly to the US for begging or blackmailing President Nixon. Shortly later, American intelligence had signs that Israel had put its Jericho missiles, which could be fitted with nuclear warheads, on high alert. Israel blackmailed the USA by threatening to nuke civilian populations of Cairo and Damascus.

This is in response to the post which you cut and pasted without proper attribution (yes, we all know you didn't write it, because we all know how terribly you write in the English language). Tsk, tsk. It's called plagiarism; look it up. Israel didn't "blackmail" the United States; nor did Israel threaten to use nuclear weapons. Israel did, however, encircle the entire Egyptian Third Army and cut its supply lines. What Israel did tell the United States is that the Sinai Desert in October is a fearsomely hot place, and that Israel would not supply Egyptian troops with food or water. The strong ones might have lasted 72 hours. But probably not that long. By the time the United States sent the needed spare parts, the war was pretty much won, anyway. I'm going to write something very important, now, so read closely: Should Israel ever decide to use a nuclear weapon, there will be no threat. There will be no warning. There will be a mushroom cloud, followed by a glowing cinder where an implacable foe of Israel used to be. It's really all that simple.

Any country in the world will use there neuclear arsenal if they are about to be taken over. Here is a clue to arab nations. Live in peace, leave Israel alone and you have nothing to fear. Come looking for problems and get nuked.

Sarah said: "Should Israel ever decide to use a nuclear weapon, there will be no threat. There will be no warning." That's exactly my point: in 73, Israel didn't intend to use the bomb, because it was not ready to use the bomb. What that mean except blackmail?

It means that Israel opted not to use its nuclear weapons. By the time the spare parts came, both Egypt and Syria had been defeated and pushed back. There was no "blackmail." The U.S. simply didn't want to see the entire Egyptian Third Army die of starvation and thirst. There's also the little matter of the fact that Israeli forces stood ready to march on Cairo and take Damascus as well. Try to understand: the individual American manufacturers were ready to ship needed spare parts, as they were contractually obligated to do. It was the United States government that interfered. Had Israel wished to engage in a little blackmail (you know, the kind that the Arabs engage in with respect to oil production and pricing), Israel could very easily have vaporized Damascus, turned to the U.S. and said "Which Arab capital goes next?" That's not blackmail, dear. That's called military muscle. Which Israel has, in spades. Israel does not seek permission from any power when it comes to existential issues. Haven't you figured that out yet? How many nuclear reactors does Israel have to bomb or destroy with other means (heh, heh -- STUXNET) -- before you figure it out?

arsenal is a real deterrent... look at how well it has kept the Palestinian, Egyptian, Saudi, Jordanian, Syrian, Turkish and Lebanese armored divisions, air armadas and naval fleets at bay. To wield such power is awe inspiring. I am humbled in the presence of such weaponry... all this from 30 year old news.