the latest batch of leaked Democratic Party emails released on
DCLeaks.com, former US Secretary of State Colin Powell asserts that
Israel is in possession of around 200 nuclear weapons.
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon raised concerns that the United States' move to supply various Gulf Arab states with arms as a counterweight to Iran could weaken Israel's own US-backed regional military dominance.
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon raised concerns that the United States' move to supply various Gulf Arab states with arms as a counterweight to Iran could weaken Israel's own US-backed regional military dominance.
Powell, in an email exchange with US Democratic party donor and business
partner Jeffrey Leeds, revealed Israel’s massive arsenal while
discussing a speech by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
concerning the latter’s opinion of the dangers of the Iran nuclear deal.
In the email, Powell asserts that Iran would not use an atomic bomb even
if they could obtain one, because “the boys in Tehran know Israel has
200, all targeted on Tehran, and we have thousands.”
“We’ll blow up the only thing they care about—regime survival. Where,
how would they even test one?” Powell wrote.
Israel has never publicly confirmed that they have nuclear weapons,
though it is an open secret that the nation is well-armed.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is seen in Washington.
In 2014, the Federation of American Scientists estimated the nation had
between 80 and 400 nuclear weapons, but reported that the number is
probably closer to 80 than 400. Powell’s figure in the email, sent in
March 2015, more than doubles their figure, the Times of Israel notes.
“I don’t trust Iranians — almost went to jail over Iran-Contra,” Powell
also asserted in the emails.
Powell also doubted estimates on how long it would take for Iran to
develop a nuclear weapon.
“They [the Iranians] say, correctly, that they have every right to
enrich [uranium] for energy. Russians helped build a power reactor at
Busher. Can’t get enough sanctions to break them. Lots of bs around
about their progress.
Bibi likes to say ‘a year away,’ as do our intel
guys. They say it every year. [It] ain’t that easy to do,” Powell
stated.
In the emails, Powell also referred to Donald Trump as a “national
disgrace and an international pariah,” called Hillary Clinton “greedy,
not transformational,” and asserted that Bill Clinton is “still dicking
bimbos."
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