Saudi FM: Riyadh Will Develop Nuclear Arms if Iran Does

[The SC]

Wednesday, 9 May, 2018

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir. (Reuters)

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir declared on Wednesday that the Kingdom would develop its own nuclear weapons if Iran does.

Speaking to CNN television, he said: "If Iran acquires nuclear capability we will do everything we can to do the same."

He made his remarks a day after President Donald Trump announced the United States’ withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

Saudi Arabia hailed on Tuesday Trump’s decision, saying that it will back Trump’s further measures to counter Iran’s destabilizing actions and nuclear ambitions.

Riyadh accuses Tehran of supplying the Houthi militants in Yemen with ballistic missiles, which are being fired at the Kingdom.

"These missiles are Iranian manufactured and delivered to the Houthis. Such behavior is unacceptable. It violates UN Resolutions with regards to ballistic missiles. And the Iranians must be held accountable for this," Jubeir told CNN.

"We will find the right way and at the right time to respond to this," he warned.

"We are trying to avoid at all costs direct military action with Iran, but Iran's behavior such as this cannot continue. This amounts to a declaration of war."


https://aawsat.com/english/home/art...riyadh-will-develop-nuclear-arms-if-iran-does

 

[El Sidd]

Why cant the world just give Saudi Arabia, Iran, Assad and Duterte some nuclear weapons?

Whats the big deal? Atleast 2 billion people are living in conditions worse than graves. Let them go out with dignity.

 

[WaLeEdK2]

I thought they believed Iran was secretly doing it already while the deal was going on.

 

[war&peace]

Okay Mr minister...consider it is already done!!!

 

[The SC]

This is most likely a follow up response to the Iranian officials hinting to pull out of the NPT..

 

[xenon54 out]

US wont allow such a step.

 

[GumNaam]

US wont allow such a step.

they don't have to. They can just buy them from us.

 

[xenon54 out]

they don't have to. They can just buy them from us.

Lol.

 

[FuturePAF]

Why cant the world just give Saudi Arabia, Iran, Assad and Duterte some nuclear weapons?

Whats the big deal? Atleast 2 billion people are living in conditions worse than graves. Let them go out with dignity.

but that wouldn't feed the global military industrial complex
the Saudis and Gulf Arabs recently signed nearly half a trillion dollar in arms deal. Nuclear weapons would be cheap levelers by contrast. just look at North Korea; and now everyone wants to talk peace, but if peace happens, then the military spending in relation to north korea will be cut. The Korean peninsula is not nearly as lucrative piggy bank to feed the western defense industries. At the end of the first Gulf war the first Bush said to the Saudis, he had large amount of unemployment in this state or that state, and that if the Saudis could spend on arms deals, that would be great. since then, the arms deals have been the link to pay for influence in the corridors of power. this influence is now being expressed with this bluff. He basically says he will buy these weapons from....you know where, unless someone takes care of the Iranians for him. hence the end of the Iran deal this week. remember that the bloated military spending in the west, where a lot of it is not defensive, is really a welfare program for all involved. the US military takes relatively physically fit individual if they have an IQ of at least 83; all of these people need to be paid for. otherwise it will be the chickens coming home to roost, just look at what happened due to the collapse of the economy in the former soviet union and eastern Europe. this is what's at stake for the west to keep getting the sweet sweet Arab money.

 

[El Sidd]

but that wouldn't feed the global military industrial complex
the Saudis and Gulf Arabs recently signed nearly half a trillion dollar in arms deal. Nuclear weapons would be cheap levelers by contrast. just look at North Korea; and now everyone wants to talk peace, but if peace happens, then the military spending in relation to north korea will be cut. The Korean peninsula is not nearly as lucrative piggy bank to feed the western defense industries. At the end of the first Gulf war the first Bush said to the Saudis, he had large amount of unemployment in this state or that state, and that if the Saudis could spend on arms deals, that would be great. since then, the arms deals have been the link to pay for influence in the corridors of power. this influence is now being expressed with this bluff. He basically says he will buy these weapons from....you know where, unless someone takes care of the Iranians for him. hence the end of the Iran deal this week. remember that the bloated military spending in the west, where a lot of it is not defensive, is really a welfare program for all involved. the US military takes relatively physically fit individual if they have an IQ of at least 83; all of these people need to be paid for. otherwise it will be the chickens coming home to roost, just look at what happened due to the collapse of the economy in the former soviet union and eastern Europe. this is what's at stake for the west to keep getting the sweet sweet Arab money.

Arab Oil
Arab Gas

vs

Persian Oil
Persian Gas

Give both of them nuclear arsenal and take away their resources and everything. Leave them with just Grass and Bhutto.

 

[FuturePAF]

Arab Oil
Arab Gas

vs

Persian Oil
Persian Gas

Give both of them nuclear arsenal and take away their resources and everything. Leave them with just Grass and Bhutto.

Sun Tzu says the Supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. Europe is staying in the deal to get Persian money, and the US is out of the deal to get Arab money. Think about it. Neither region is a real existential threat to the west these days. These middle easterners are getting played. Divide and Conquer, but they are stuck in their conflict with each other, and they are willing to do what ever and ally themseleves with whome ever if they can defeat their rivals. they don't see they are being drained. Its a repeat of Al Andalus.

The real danger is economic and intellectual property leaving the west; such as by the emerging nations of Asia, predominately China.

 

[El Sidd]

Sun Tzu says the Supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. Europe is staying in the deal to get Persian money, and the US is out of the deal to get Arab money. Think about it. Neither region is a real existential threat to the west these days. These middle easterners are getting played. Divide and Conquer, but they are stuck in their conflict with each other, they don't see they are being drained. Its a repeat of Al Andalus.

The real danger is economic and intellectual property leaving the west; such as by the emerging nations of Asia, predominately China.

What is Good without Evil and what is Evil without Good.

 

[Cthulhu]

Instead of talking, They better start doing it.

 

[FuturePAF]

What is Good without Evil and what is Evil without Good.

Pakistan should stay out of it just like we did with Yemen. Supplying the Arab will make Iran a mortal foe, which will also start a Sectarian civil war inside Pakistan, all for some billions. We don't want to become then next Iraq.

 

[El Sidd]

Pakistan should stay out of it just like we did with Yemen. Supplying the Arab will make Iran a mortal foe, which will also start a Sectarian civil war inside Pakistan, all for some billions. We don't want to become then next Iraq.

Repeat that sentence with:

If US attacks Iran, Pakistan will remain neutral.

Stop threatening civil war on my country. Any war that includes Pakistan will be a world war. If anyone tells you otherwise, he is a kazzab