28-06-2012, 08:31 AM
Seamus Coogan Wrote:Is this all you have in you're mighty comeback? Knocked out in round one by Magda!
Yeah right.
The first part of Mr. Coogan's rebuttal has now been effectively trashed.
Kennedy was strongly opposed to the Israeli nuclear program. This is an historical fact. He was prepared for a showdown with Ben-Gurion if necessary. Kennedy's final letter to Ben-Gurion dated 16 June 1963 and devoted to the Dimona problem was, according to IATB, (p.134) "the toughest and most explicit message from Kennedy to Ben-Gurion. To force Ben-Gurion to accept the conditions, Kennedy exerted the most useful leverage available to an American President in dealing with Israel: a threat that an unsatifactory conclusion would jeopardize the US Government's commitment to, and support of, Israel".
Hiding behind others won't help you now, Mr. Coogan.