Posted on 02/15/2016 2:16:25 PM PST by Eleutheria5
Last year’s controversial Iran nuclear deal has sparked an atomic arms race, claimed Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon following a meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah.
Ya’alon revealed that Israel had indications suggesting that certain Arab countries were now actively pursuing nuclear weapons, reports the Telegraph. The Defense Minister declined to specify which countries or how Israel had ascertained they were working to create their own atomic arsenals.
The Sunni Arab world has long feared the specter of a nuclear capable Iran, and now that the Iran deal effectively permits the Islamic Republic to resume its atomic program with no limits after 15 years, many of Iran’s Arab opponents have been left scrambling for an alternative to contain Iran’s expanding influence across the Middle East.
In Yemen, Iranian-backed Houthi rebel victories have forced Saudi Arabia to directly intervene in support of the Sunni government. Meanwhile, the fight against Islamic State (ISIS) has brought Iran into close alignment with Russia, and given Iran greater influence than ever in Lebanon and Syria.
With Iran expanding its control far beyond its borders, many in the Arab world fear the implications of an Iran emboldened by a nuclear arsenal.
Ya’alon emphasized the dread felt in the Sunni Arab world, but also the resolve not to be left behind in the emerging arms race. ....
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I recommend we give all the middle east countries nukes and rig them to detonate at launch.
Since 1945, the paradigm has been that every nation that had nuclear weapons never really wanted to use them. They just wanted to have them.
I fear that is about to change. Of course, that credible fear is the most potent form of nuclear blackmail.
We went in to Iraq in ‘03 to make sure Iraq was not.
Thanks to that we can be sure that Iraq is not developing one.
Thanks to our soldiers.
15 years since 911.
We could have been hit again and hit worse. Eternal vigilance.
People take so much for granted.
Obama has kicked off a Shia / Sunni nuclear arms race.
Saudi dictatorship already has access to nukes — that they paid for — via Pakistan. No news here.
I know you meant "use them against another country", but they did MORE than just have them.
How many nuclear weapons do you think have been SET OFF since 1945 ?
Look at the bright side. Maybe Mecca and Medina will both be glass in the near future.
Testing is not using. Testing is having. Lighting them off over a city full of people is using.
I always make sure I keep Israel in my prayers. The God of the Universe has promised her a lot, and yes those promises will be fulfilled.
What to buy, how to set it up.
There will be know learning curve or research involved.
"Do it like this"
Might be a good way to identify, and simultaneously to eliminate, clandestine WMD sites in Iran...
If you'd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Given the rise of Iran, and the abdication of the US in the middle east and Mediteranian and, well, enough, it makes sense.
No, but they have the temperament to wipe out all their enemies at the drop of a hat. The US would be on the list with Israel.
Anti-christ forces arming for the war with Israel.
well said.
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