Arabs states contemplate MAD

An AP story assures us that the Arab states who are contemplating their own joint nuclear program to oppose Iran’s program are just to insure peace in the region.

We get quotes like this one;

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, told reporters after the closing session that the group did not want to be “misunderstood,” saying its aim “is to obtain the technology for peaceful purposes, no more no less.”
    “Gulf states are not known for seeking hegemony or threatening power, they seek stability and peace,” he said.

Stability and peace, huh? Then why are they allowing Iran to get out of control now? Why haven’t the peaceful Arab states brought the hammer down on Hezbollah? These peaceful Arab states don’t even curb their own populations from entering into the fray in Iraq and Afghanistan, yet we’re to believe that they want nukes for peace?

Imagine the oil-rich sheiks holding the world hostage to their oil prices under a nuclear umbrella. Or a nuclear exchange between Saudi Arabia and Iran with missiles crossing the Persian Gulf tanker traffic.

Maybe it might be easier and safer for the Arab states to get on board with the rest of the world and stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons instead of trying to enter into a mutually-assured destruction scenario. We’ve already seen what price these regal savages put on the lives of their subjects – as long as the leadership of these kingdoms are safe, none of their “common folk” will never be safe.

ADDED: Maybe if the Arabs stop some of this from happening, I’ll believe they want peace;

Mohammad Abd al-Hamid Srour moved missiles across southern Lebanon under cover of a white flag. Hussein Ali Mahmoud Suleiman used the porch of a private home to fire rockets. Maher Hassan Mahmoud Kourani dressed in civilian clothes, hid his Kalashnikov in a tote bag and stored anti-aircraft missiles in the back of a green unmarked Volvo. The three men, all members of Hezbollah, were captured by Israel during last summer’s war.

Now their videotaped interviews form part of a remarkable report by retired Lieutenant Colonel Reuven Erlich of Israel’s Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. Relying heavily on captured Hezbollah documents, onsite and aerial photography and other first-hand evidence, the report shows how the Shiite group put innocent civilians at risk by deliberately deploying its forces in cities, towns and often private homes.

Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, has accused Israel’s military of “indiscriminate warfare” and “a disturbing disregard for the lives of Lebanese civilians.” Mr. Erlich demolishes that claim, and in the process shows the asymmetric strategy of Islamist radicals.

 

Category: Foreign Policy, Terror War