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To: Shellybenoit

Maybe that's why Iran's Arab neighbors are rushing to gain a nuclear capability of their own

Bingo.

Why do you think Saudi, UAE, and other Gulf states have been on military buying sprees? They're worried about Iran. Why is the Bahraini Navy participating in drills with the US, French, and British Navy? They're worried about Iran. Why did the Saudis arrest some Shi'a cleric last week? He was spreading pro-Iranian sentiment. Why do the Arab states look coldly on Syria? Assad is Iran's ally. The Arabs are dead scared of Iran with nukes. The Arab-Persian rivalry and the Sunni-Shi'a conflict draw the lines in the sand that split the Middle East into camps.
2 posted on 03/22/2009 8:25:59 PM PDT by G8 Diplomat (I'm learning Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Pashtu, and Russian so someday you won't have to)
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To: G8 Diplomat

Yes. And, it could even drive the Saudis, the GCC, and Egypt to ally with Israel and the US in an attack against Iran.


5 posted on 03/22/2009 10:44:13 PM PDT by Thunder90
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