Government , Lies and Secrecy
“The Israelis, who are one of the few peoples whose survival is genuinely threatened, are probably more likely than almost any other country to actually use their nuclear weapons.”
That statement was contained in a secret memorandum written in 1969 by Henry Kissinger.
So much of what happens in government is kept secret that it’s no wonder the public can be easily hoodwinked and frightened. The idea that we in the Western World, live in a truly free, democratic and open society is, in some respects at least, disingenuous.
The truth is, we live under regimes that prefer to keep important information under wraps, even when the public’s safety and global wellbeing are at stake. "Democratic" countries such as The United States, Canada and the powerful nations of the west, claim openess based on the fact that eventually, secret documents are released. The catch is that the information is so old by release time, that it serves only to reveal the stupidity and callous mendacity of the authors…and never in time for the public to react.
Moreover, the mainstream media have shown little interest in alerting the public to the real truth of their leaders’ actions and lies until the last possible moment.
This morning The New York Times published a story about documents concerning Israel’s nuclear weapons capability, explaining that they were "newly released". The fact is – these documents were available over a year ago.
The National Security Archive is a valuable tool for researchers who want to know more about important information secreted in U.S. government files and want that knowledge sooner rather than later.
The revelation of this secret information doesn’t help to correct past mistakes and deliberate prevarication, but it can inform us about just how untrustworthy our leaders really are. It can inspire us to demand more of our present leaders.
On October 7, 1969 , Israeli Ambassador Ytzakh Rabin formally stated to the US authorities that Israel would not become a nuclear power; but at the same time, the ambassador declared that his country would never sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. This was a clear indication that despite its prouncements to the contrary, Israel reserved the right to itself to become a nuclear power not subject to international law. Kissinger believed Israel had the capacity to build a bomb and also the determination to use it.
- If Kissinger and Nixon did believe that in fact – the Israeli’s might one day actually use their nuclear weapons, why didn’t they take action?
- Why did they simply attempt to have Israeli politicians agree to come clean with their nuclear programme and then go silent when Israel declined to do so?
- Why were they so accepting of Israel’s potential arsenal?
- Why did they not insist that Israel sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?
- Why did they quietly and privately and accept – without real challenge – the deception that allowed Israel to become a nuclear power.
- And why do the nations of the western world still go along with the fiction that Israel may not have such weapons?
The entire effort of the Nixon administration was directed at permitting Israel to act outside the norms of international law.
Now all that deception and all those lies are coming back to haunt the world, as Iran pursues a similar course of prevarication and secrecy, although under a different set of rules and the threat of an American military attack.
If it’s true that the present leadership in Iran does want to build a nuclear weapon – it may be because they know that way back in 1969, Henry Kissinger speculated that Israel would be " more likely than almost any other country to actually use their nuclear weapons.”
The course of action to pursue now…is for the world to insist on full supervision, inspection and control of all nuclear programmes in The Middle East and elsewhere.
