Today's NPT conference -- and the repeated calls for a nuclear-free Mideast -- reminded me of Cirincione's comments on The Diane Rehm Show on April 12, 2010 (listen to audio beginning 26:50). Cirincione claimed Israel has a "quite strong non proliferation record in recent decades ... Israel has not been a stimulus to an arms race in the Middle East ... Iran has been much more of a stimulus."
This is incredibly problematic in a number of ways. Here's one: "Myth: Israel's Strike on Iraqi Reactor Hindered Iraqi Nukes."