Watch it, Iran

In an interview on German television, Ehud Olmert listed Israel as a nuclear power, which everyone already knows, but the country doesn't talk about.

"Iran openly, explicitly and publicly threatens to wipe Israel off the map," Olmert said. "Can you say that this is the same level, when you are aspiring to have nuclear weapons, as America, France, Israel, Russia?"

What's funny is that he also added Russia to the list of responsible nuclear powers.

Olmert's getting a lot of heat from political enemies who say that his comments give legitimacy to Iran's nuclear research--after all, if Israel has nukes, why not Iran--which is kind of wrong. The world has known since Vanunu, the poor bastard who got 20 years in jail for leaking Israel's nuclear secrets, that Israel is a nuclear power. And the U.S. for years has vetoed, without any explanation, every attempt by the IAEA to look into Israel's nuclear arsenal. No need to worry Israel, your "secret" is safe with us.