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"Our nukes are more prolific than their nukes..."
While on a visit to
nuclear-weaponzied Israel this week, US Vice-President Joe Biden threatened Iran with unspecified "action"over its testing of two long-range ballistic missiles. Biden, who is nicknamed Bazooka Joe for his blunt rhetorical style, displayed
typical American hypocrisy over his
warning to Iran. He issued his admonition while in Tel Aviv alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose state is known to be
armed with as many as 300 nuclear warheads in defiance of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Earlier, Iran reportedly
tested the ballistic missiles on its own remote territory. Each were said to have range of over 1,000 kilometers, and an Iranian military spokesman said the weapons were
capable of hitting Israel.
Biden did not specify what the US action towards Iran would entail. But given that
Washington has repeatedly violated international laws forbidding the mere verbalizing of aggression by threatening that "all options are on the table" with regard to Iran, the
US action could mean a military response. Or it could mean the
US blocking the lifting of economic sanctions as part of the international nuclear accord signed last July with Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers.
For its part, Iran said that the
missiles tested this week were for conventional, non-nuclear warheads. Tehran rejected US claims that it had violated the P5+1 nuclear accord, which mandates that Iran foregoes any nuclear weapons development. Iran saysit has the right to develop all conventional weapons for defensive purposes.
Given that Israel actually does possess nuclear missiles and, like the US, has illegally threatened Iran on countless occasions with pre-emptive military strikes, one could reasonably expect Iran to develop long-range missiles for defense.
Comment: At the end of the day, it is up to the Syrian people to decide the future of their country. There should be no other self-serving plans or agendas on the table.