It is phenomenal how many nations have nuclear weapons, and it's unfortunate because it all started with the United States. Russia had given nuclear technology to China, China had most likely given it to North Korea, and now North Korea wants to go into the nuclear weapons business, as a sideline export manufactures to pay for the economic travesty they've created there. The Pakistanis have also sold nuclear technology to Iran, Libya, Algeria, and several other nations.
There is an old Rand narrative which shows the nuclear proliferation over the years, with a nice graphic. In just viewing it for a few minutes, you can see the problem. Eventually, every nation will have nuclear weapons at this rate, it's exponentially growing. That's unfortunate because there are so many rogue nations which threaten world security.
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Worse, if Iran has nuclear weapons, and they have already funded international terrorist groups, and used these terrorist groups as proxies to serve their political will, then that means ultimately some terrorist group will end up with a nuclear weapon, and then all bets are off, and no one is safe.
There was a troubling narrative recently floating colse to the global news, on websites, radio, and Tv world-wide about a statement made by the Saudi Government. The narrative on Cbs News put it best perhaps in an narrative copied from World Watch on June 29, 2011 titled; "Saudi Arabia: If Iran Builds Nukes, So Will We," by Joshua Norman - the narrative was quite inspiring and basically started out with these statements;
"Mideast watchers probably could have seen this coming: A Saudi Arabian legal has warned that his country will not tolerate losing a nuclear arms race to Iran. A senior legal in Riyadh told the Guardian Newspaper: "We cannot live in a situation where Iran has nuclear weapons and we don't. It's as straightforward as that. If Iran develops a nuclear weapon, that will be unacceptable to us and we will have to follow suit."
Well, the narrative goes on to scare the "ever-living bejesus" out of anything who reads it, and it is inspiring because, it's not that these facts are not known, most every person in diplomatic circles, military, or brain society is well aware of the nuclear arms race in the Middle East, but when it is put in such "matter-of-factly" terms, it is a rather ominous, roughly Armageddon-like. What is the world advent to, you might ask?
Well, here is the deal, we have a occasion right "here and now" to alter the policy of history for a positive outcome. If we fail, we know the potential eventualities, probable outcomes, and catastrophic calamities that could occur. Yes, it seems that frugal decision-making at this juncture in history is quite important. No one can blame Saudi Arabia for wishing to have nuclear weapons, if their enemy Iran has them too.
It is said that Venezuela will ultimately have a nuclear bomb (thanks to Iran and perhaps Russia), and then of policy Brazil and Argentina will wish to follow suit, and you can bet Evo Morales in Bolivia will want nuclear weapons. Once that happens Ecuador, Peru, and Chile, along with Columbia and half of Central America will want nukes, and let's not forget Cuba. And then there is Mexico, which on any given day could be said to be a fallen state, and that's right next door.
We need to stop this nuclear proliferation here now. beyond doubt I hope you will please reconsider all this and think on, because this is a worldwide problem and it's quite serious.
Will the entire Arab World Go Nuclear - Nuke Weapons for All?
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