One of the few merits of the Wikileaks project is that it puts the obvious and already well-known on the front pages. Take Iran and its nuclear program, for example. Everybody who takes an interest in such matters and is not blinded by hatred of Jews running their own affairs knows that most Arab states are far more worried about the nuclear ambitions of the ayatollahs than they are about Israel and would be quietly pleased if the US and/or Israel put an end to them using whatever means necessary.
To nobody’s great surprise, the stolen American diplomatic cables just released by the concupiscent Australian Julian Assange reveal that the King of Saudi Arabia has
… frequently exhorted the US to attack Iran to put an end to its nuclear weapons programme…
while
Officials in Jordan and Bahrain have openly called for Iran’s nuclear programme to be stopped by any means, including military.
Leaders in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates confined themselves to referring to Iran as,
“evil”, an “existential threat” and a power that “is going to take us to war”.
Read more here and check out The Guardian’s handy search interface for the whole leak. Take it easy now, too many shocks in one day might not be good for you.
And we can be sure that all of the military,financial,and support resources of these countries will be standing right there with the American forces as equal partners in this action to save their butts….NOT
I am waiting for Waltz and Mearsheimer new book: “The Arab Lobby”.
Actually I think that instead of telling Iran they should dispose their nuclear strategies, they should look more into the reason that made Iran take this step,
and the reason for that is clear, its Israel, they have the nuclear power for decades now, and with the American support, Israel became the superior power in the region, and that made the future for the region vague , unclear, and tense, and gave Israel the green light to do what they think is necessary with the Palestinian issues.
Now, with an Iranian bomb, Israel and the Arab counties started to realize the consequences of their strategies.