Targeting the wrong nuclear program

Here, in a nutshell, is what is wrong with the world: They intend to pressure Israel on nuclear weapons using the concept of a nuclear weapons-free Middle East. The Reuters article carries many worrying issues, but this is the most unbelievable to me:

Several diplomats told Reuters that Egypt has made clear it sees Israel as a higher priority than Iran and has threatened to prevent the NPT conference from reaching any agreements next month if it does not get what it wants on Israel.

They are living in an alternate universe if they think the Israeli nuclear threat is greater than Iran’s. Egypt fought two wars with a nuclear-armed Israel. Conventional weapons were the only ones used.

And here is the second-most worrisome item:

But Egypt’s UN Ambassador Maged Abdelaziz told Reuters the sticking point was Israel’s reluctance to participate.

“We want the Israelis to sit at a table and negotiate,” he said.

“We’re flexible on the location and the format of the conference,” Abdelaziz said, adding that one possible idea was to have UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon oversee it.

Western diplomats said the US willingness to entertain the idea of supporting such a conference highlighted the sharp shift in Washington’s approach to Israel under President Barack Obama compared with his predecessor George W. Bush.

Barack Obama is willing to throw Israel under the bus to appease the Muslim world. But I seriously doubt that Israel is willing to take that dive. Obama is pursuing toothless sanctions on Iran, continuing in the footsteps of his predecesor, I might add, while Iran’s Manhattan Project goes full steam ahead. The world is going to concentrate on Israel’s nukes, while ignoring a rogue state like North Korea and pretending that Iran’s nuclear weapons program is not as important as Israel’s. We live in Wonderland, apparently. Up is down, white is black, and things mean exactly what I say they mean. Therefore, Israel is the premier nuclear threat in the Middle East.

Riiiight