28-06-2012, 11:16 AM
Magda Hassan Wrote:What matters is that the Israeli's knew he couldn't stop them. Their programme was already a fact of life, a reality, and needed no US inputs as they had all they needed already. Ergo, they had no reason to assassinate him because they had what they wanted and he could do nothing about it and they Israelis knew it even if Kennedy thought otherwise. Kennedy would just have to suck it up. Just as some do today.
Maybe Israel knew he couldn't stop them, but the point is they didn't want him to know . That's why they concealed the underground reprocessing plant from the inspectors. They didn't want anyone to know.
Kennedy had been badgering them for years about their nuclear intentions. They were involved in crucial negotiations with the US for the purchase of missiles and jets. They gave repeated (false) assurances to Kennedy that they would not acquire a nuclear capability.
The last thing Israel wanted was a major diplomatic confrontation with the US. That's why they kept obfuscating and putting off the comprehensive inspections Kennedy had demanded in 1963. They succeeded. There were no inspections in 1963. They barely got away with the inspection in 1962. The hosts had shortened it to a mere 45 minutes.
So they did the clever thing and kept putting him off until they could put him six feet under.
After that it was cruisy. They had their very own glove puppet in the WH. Just 2 weeks after Kennedy's death they suddenly announced to the WH they were ready to agree to another inspection. And I think LBJ helped Israel out when they had a spot of bother with the USS Liberty in 1967, didn't he?