Posted on 02/21/2015 9:53:19 AM PST by Dave346
Arab governments are privately expressing their concern to Washington about the emerging terms of a potential deal aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear program, according to Arab and U.S. officials involved in the deliberations.
The direction of U.S. diplomacy with Tehran has added fuel to fears in some Arab states of a nuclear-arms race in the region, as well as reviving talk about possibly extending a U.S. nuclear umbrella to Middle East allies to counter any Iranian threat.
The major Sunni states, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, have said that a final agreement could allow Shiite-dominated Iran, their regional rival, to keep the technologies needed to produce nuclear weapons, according to these officials, while removing many of the sanctions that have crippled its economy in recent years.
Arab officials said a deal would likely drive Saudi Arabia, for one, to try to quickly match Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
"At this stage, we prefer a collapse of the diplomatic process to a bad deal," said an Arab official who has discussed Iran with the Obama administration and Saudi Arabia in recent weeks.
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There is no way Obama will use nukes to protect anyone, including the continental US.
I’m going to have to rethink my theories about Saudi Arabia’s lobbying power.
“Arab governments are privately expressing their concern to Washington about the emerging terms of a potential deal aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear program....”
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Let them take care of themselves or let them pay the US for all the effort in protecting them.
All that opulence in Dubai, Abu-Dhabi and the Emirates would not have been possible if it weren’t for the protection that the US provides i.e. our tax dollars.
The Arab version of “please listen to Benjamin”
Maybe John Boehner can invite the ambassadors from Saudi Arabia and Egypt to give Bibi Netanyahu moral support during his speech to Congress.
It’s amazing that Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia agree on an important issue — the danger of allowing Iran to go forward with its nuclear aims — while the U.S. under President Obama is on the opposite side allied with Iran and Russia, Iran’s principal supporter, to allow Iran to keep its centrifuges spinning.
“Successful” talks will probably encompass turning Iraq and Afghanistan de facto over to Iran and will envisage the end of the reactionary governments in the ME, governments such as Sisi’s and Abdullah’s and the Sauds and the governments in the Emirates and Quatar.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Because they're being sold out.
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