Sunday, September 02, 2012

Israeli nuclear weapons in the Washington Post

You would think that this is going to be a courageous treatment of Israeli nuclear weapons in the Washington Post.  It starts thus:  "Readers periodically ask me some variation on this question: “Why does the press follow every jot and tittle of Iran’s nuclear program, but we never see any stories about Israel’s nuclear weapons capability?”  It’s a fair question. Going back 10 years into Post archives, I could not find any in-depth reporting on Israeli nuclear capabilities, although national security writer Walter Pincus has touched on it many times in his articles and columns.  I spoke with several experts in the nuclear and nonproliferation fields , and they say that the lack of reporting on Israel’s nuclear weapons is real — and frustrating. There are some obvious reasons for this, and others that are not so obvious."  But look he it ends: "I don’t think many people fault Israel for having nuclear weapons."  Matter closed.  That one line at the end nullifies everything that was preceded.  And when he says "many people", who does he have in mind?  Arab people? Or Zionist people in DC?  (thanks Mirvat)