The Obama Administration’s former Special Advisor for the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia Dennis Ross has revealed that during an April 2009 conversion, Saudi Arabia’s king repeatedly told him that his nation intended to obtain nuclear weapons to counter Iran.
“If they get nuclear weapons, we will get nuclear weapons,” the king reportedly repeated several times during the conversation, apparently ignoring Ross’s reiterating of the administration opposition to nuclear proliferation.
Saudi officials have several times hinted at nuclear ambitions, always citing Iran’s non-existent program as a justification, but this is the first time the king has been directly quoted making such a belligerent pledge.
The revelation could prove embarrassing for President Obama, who pushed through a $30 billion sale of US weaponry to Saudi Arabia only last year, nominally to “help the US economy.” Selling such a massive amount of weaponry to the nation, which had just gotten done invading Bahrain to crush public dissent there, was already controversial, but having done it knowing that the nation harbors nuclear ambitions is enormously irresponsible.
So, if "The Mullahs" in Iran are not allowed to have nukes, how will US/Israel justify arming the butchers of Riad, Father of all "Islamic Terrorism" and Master-opressors-of-women with nukes?
At least Iran is "democratic" (almost like Israel, except that Arabs are considered humans) and allows women to exist as humans, while Saudi … well, there even the men wear dresses so as to suppress any sign of womenhood!
Lets see when Uncle Sam will screw us (i.e. the rest of the world who has no interest in Uncle Sam's soda-masochistic nature) all over and arm The-Mullah-In-a-Dress?
This is what is basically wrong with the reactionary Arabs: no brain.
Israel is the enemy who defeated them miserably in at least 4 wars and has occupied Arab lands since, yet the big, fat one wants nukes to target Israel’s enemy. Manure for brains causes pains.
Kook. One nuclear bomb can ruin your whole day. When will people learn?
Ha ha! If the US is saying that the Wahabis of Saudi Arabia wanted nukes that means that the US has already given to them. The US never misses an opportunity to spread its WMD far and wide. With any luck, the next attack coming from Saudi Arabia to the US will entail nukes instead of a couple of hijacked planes.
Why would anyone believe anything that Dennis Ross says?