TheImmortal
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Do you seriously think that they care about Turkish or Saudi enrichment activities? Well, they don't. Do you see the IAEA requesting Saudi Arabia or Turkey for clarifications every single session they held? No. Iran was put under pressure for doing much less than what Saudi Arabia is doing now. Do you see UNSC resolutions against Turkey's missile program? No.Don't you see how the Chinese are equipping Saudis with game changing ballistic missiles like DF-21?
They don't need justifications. They impose what they want because they can. As simple as that.
1) neither Saudi Arabia nor Turkey have an enrichment program that suddenly got revealed after decade under construction.
2) neither Saudi Arabia nor Turkey have a had nuclear weapons program (any rumors outside of financing Pakistan weapons program is wild conjecture at this point).
So what do you want the IAEA to question exactly? Something that hasn’t yet occurred? If the West snaps it’s fingers Turkey and Saudi Arabia can be put under same sanctions as Iran if the West feels it’s interests are being threatened by either country.
DF-21 is not game changing missile. It is missile program from the 1960’s.
Turkey and Saudi Arabia are not considered threats to Western order. even the Shah was sold the F-14 which was the equivalent of the F-22 being sold to another country today (not technology wise, but rarity of the arms deal). Iran was the only country approved to ever be able to purchase the F-14. How come? Because it was a banana power under the Shah. West wasn’t worried about arms in the hands of an uneducated workers pool.
I will say that Turkey is much more independent than Saudi Arabia ever will be. The House of Saud is filled with so many spies and Western agents that at a snap of a finger they would cut off MBS’ head when given the order. Nothing happens in Saudi Arabia without the West knowing. It’s what happens when you sell your sovereignty for protection.
So I don’t even consider Saudi Arabia a threat. Any Military build up (Nuclear, missile,etc) that happens is because it is allowed to happen. You forget that the Shah was ordering several nuclear power plants from the West way back in the 70’s. He planned to become a nuclear power covertly. Turkey and Saudi Arabia have finally reached the point With the West where Shah was 50 years ago!
If puppets get out of line A color revolution can easily be engineered by the West if need be. Sanctions can destroy Turkey or Saudi Arabia if need be. Indeed you see what a small degree of sanctions did to the Turkish Lira. Now imagine an embargo by the US.
Turkey is a lot more unique. It is NATOs largest army and it was able to get substantial ToT via many arms deals, licenses, and being part of NATO allowed it access to latest technology (they even build parts for the F-35 project). Add in a robust economic growth since the 90’s and the recent discovery of 350b units of natural gas in the Black Sea and Turkey has a lot more independence than people give credit for. Russia would love to win Turkey over because as I said earlier it supplies NATOs largest army. If Turkey leaves NATO, then NATO ground forces are severely depleted in case of war.
Even though Turkey is a lot more independent than Saudi Arabia, it is tied to West both economically and militarily. Thus if it tries to de couple it will be extremely risky because as you saw in Turkish history there are many fifth columns and thus a coup can always be engineered. Erdogan is popular so long as Turkish people prosper. A few sanctions here and a few sanctions there and you will see how quickly the public will get tired of him. In fact you already seeing his party weaken.