Saudi Nuclear Deal Raises Stakes for Iran Talks

Wall Street Journal ^ | March 11, 2015 | Jay Solomon and Ahmed Al Omran

[C19fan]

As U.S. and Iranian diplomats inched toward progress on Tehran’s nuclear program last week, Saudi Arabia quietly signed its own nuclear-cooperation agreement with South Korea.

That agreement, along with recent comments from Saudi officials and royals, is raising concerns on Capitol Hill and among U.S. allies that a deal with Iran, rather than stanching the spread of nuclear technologies, risks fueling it.

Saudi Arabia’s former intelligence chief, Prince Turki al-Faisal, a member of the royal family, has publicly warned in recent months that Riyadh will seek to match the nuclear capabilities Iran is allowed to maintain as part of any final agreement reached with world powers. This could include the ability to enrich uranium and to harvest the weapons-grade plutonium discharged in a nuclear reactor’s spent fuel.

[C19fan]

Shia Iran and Salafist Saudi Arabia in a nuclear stand off. What could go wrong? Isn't it interesting Saudi Arabia did nothing in response to Israel producing nuclear weapons. From what I have read if Iran goes nuclear, the Saudis would immediately get nukes from Pakistan.

[C19fan]

By the way South Korea get a third of its oil from the Saudis.

[Gay State Conservative]

The Saudis have almost as good a reason to fear Iranian nukes as Israel has.

[Wolfie]

If the Saudis gets nukes, at least we’ll know how the terrotists will get one.

[Star Traveler]

Thanks to Obama, nuclear weapons are going to be throughout the Middle East!

[peeps36]

The Obola regime is creating a nuclear arms race in the middle east. That's just what America and Israel need. If I was an Israeli I would seriously consider taking out my enemies before they go nuclear. This will not end well unless we find real men to lead this country again. Kerry and barry are the exact opposite of real men.

[eyeamok]

Pretty much sounds like the beginning of the end of the world as we know it. God Help Us

[gr8eman]

Hmmm...imagine Saudi and Iran squaring off!

[Gay State Conservative]

If I was an Israeli I would seriously consider taking out my enemies before they go nuclear.

They've done it before....

[cookcounty]

Remember the 70's and 80's when the leftists were in a panic that the US might get more bombs than the Russians? Street marches, demonstrations, thousands of campus protests.

But now that nuclear weapons may soon come into the possession of insane crazy America-hating freaks who want the Jews to be burned to death (and the Christians), the leftists are …….silent.

[BigEdLB]

Maybe the Saudis will make the Magic Mullah Enclave glow in the dark.....