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Saudis would develop own nuclear program in reaction to nuclear Iran
2015-04-02
[Jerusalem Post] A nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers could lead to increased Arab action to counter the expansionist Shi'ite regime, before it attains nuclear weapons.

It may or may not have been a coincidence that the Sunni regional powers' united military action to counter the Iranian-backed Houthi rebel forces in Yemen occurred as the Iranian nuclear talks reach zero hour, but, either way, it sends Iran a warning message not to interfere with Arab affairs.

Interestingly, US backing for the Saudi-led alliance in Yemen could have been "a harsh blow" for Iranian leaders and "could cement the Iranians' belief that the US can never be trusted and that Tehran must obtain all of its demands," said a report by MEMRI (the Middle East Media Research Institute) on Tuesday.

In any case, Arab states in the region are sitting on the edge of their seats, waiting for results from the talks.
Posted by:Besoeker

#19  You mean 'before the Russo-Islamists irradiate Russian petro facilities'?

Isn't that what Kadyrov and the Useful Parts of Islam are supposed to prevent?
Posted by: SteveS   2015-04-02 23:21  

#18  does iran have to build nuclear missiles if they can just buy of north korea?
Posted by: paul   2015-04-02 19:19  

#17  Eh?

Think hard. I'm sure it'll come to you.
Posted by: Pappy   2015-04-02 17:45  

#16  #2 ... It makes Russian oil more valuable. Follow the money.
Posted by: irishrageboy   2015-04-02 15:47  

#15  You mean 'before the Russo-Islamists irradiate Russian petro facilities'?

Eh?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-04-02 15:41  

#14  How does a nuclear exchange in ME affects the price of Russian oil?

You mean 'before the Russo-Islamists irradiate Russian petro facilities'?
Posted by: Pappy   2015-04-02 15:14  

#13  I've read the nukes are as good as packed in crates ready to go.
Posted by: phil_b   2015-04-02 14:42  

#12  Only the Sons of Shem - Egypt can put a roadblock on all this Bullshit.

Give them what they need to handle it.
Posted by: newc   2015-04-02 11:29  

#11  
Posted by:    2015-04-02 10:23  

#10  Why you think they co-funded it Steve?

They get nukes on the uber cheap this way and someone else gets the dirt of developing them.
Posted by: DarthVader   2015-04-02 10:02  

#9  This is what 'leading with your from behind' gets you.

Either you ride the tiger, or the tiger eats you.

Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-04-02 09:59  

#8  Buy nukes from Pakistan? The Saudis co-funded the development...
Posted by: Steve White   2015-04-02 09:14  

#7  The Saudis long ago hinted that they would buy nukes from Pakistan if Iran went nuclear.

Posted by: DarthVader   2015-04-02 08:45  

#6  A nuclear arms race in the mideast is very bad thing. There are too many itchy trigger fingers. There are too many loony groups such as ISIS. Iran and every other mideast Muslim country or non-state group wants to do destroy Israel and then Europe and the U.S. Obozo has sped a nuclear arms race rather than controlled or impeded it.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-04-02 08:16  

#5  What's coming out left field is, the Saudi forces will get smashed in Yemen, and Egypt will take a greater role in Saudi, perhaps to the point of a complete takeover.

They have the military wherewithal and the cannon fodder.
Posted by: phil_b   2015-04-02 05:55  

#4  OOOOOOPPPSSSIES, my bad, forgot to add TOPIX > [Various] SAUDI ARABIA FORMALLY REQUESTS MILITARY HELP/SUPPORT FROM PAKISTAN IN YEMEN.

* SAME > PAKISTANI ARMY WILL FOLLOW [Islamabad] GOVT'S FINAL DECISION ON YEMEN INTERVENTION, + defense of Saudi Arabia.

VERSUS

* SAME > [Washington Times] US IRAQ WAR PLANNERS URGE MILITARY PRESENCE [in Iraq] ONCE ISLAMIC STATE IS DEFEATED.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-04-02 02:21  

#3  See also RELATED TOPIX > [CNS.COM] MILITARY HISTORIAN [Max Boot] ON IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL: "WOULD BE SEEN AS A STUNNING CAPITULATION", by the US-West/Allies to Iran, poten leading the "nuclearization" of the entire ME.

and

* SAME > "BIZARRE": US STATE DEPARTMENT DISMISSES SUGGESTION THAT ANOTHER ROGUE STATE [e.g. North Korea] COULD HELP IRAN BUILD NUKES, even iff a Nuclear Deal was actually reached between Iran + US-West/Allies, IIUC via so-called Third-Party, covert "Franchising".
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-04-02 02:15  

#2  Are the risks of such an alignment of nuclear weapons in the ME enough to get Vlad to impose his rather heavy handed style of diplomacy in the region?

How does a nuclear exchange in ME affects the price of Russian oil?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-04-02 01:32  

#1  Well there you have it.

The next World War will start with a nuclear exchange in the Middle East just like Alas Babylon predicted.

The problem is that such an exchange would quickly metastasize with Pakistan using it as an excuse to take out some frustrations on India and maybe Syria or Turkey really do have a couple of old cold war Soviet nukes lying around after all...you can see where this is going.

I have a glimpse of the Apocalypse and it is a nuclear Iran vs. a nuclear Saudi Arabia.

My question is: Are the risks of such an alignment of nuclear weapons in the ME enough to get Vlad to impose his rather heavy handed style of diplomacy in the region?
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2015-04-02 00:42  

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