George Bush told Tony Blair shortly before the invasion of Iraq that he intended to target other countries, including Saudi Arabia, which, he implied, planned to acquire weapons of mass destruction.Imagine that:
Mr Bush said he "wanted to go beyond Iraq in dealing with WMD proliferation, mentioning in particular Saudi Arabia, Iran, North Korea, and Pakistan," according to a note of a telephone conversation between the two men on January 30 2003.
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In September 2003, the Guardian reported that Saudi Arabia had embarked on a strategic review that included acquiring nuclear weapons. Until then, the assumption in Washington was that Saudi Arabia was content to remain under the US nuclear umbrella despite the worsening relationship between Riyadh and Washington.
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Despite hard evidence that Pakistan was deeply involved in exporting nuclear technology, the Bush administration embraced President Pervez Musharraf as an ally against al-Qaida. Washington's relations with Saudi Arabia remain cool.
- Saudi Arabia
- Iran
- North Korea
- Pakistan
Not to mention the fact that Saudi Arabia has the largest oil reserves in the world, which makes it quite powerful, and, together with Iran, has a lot of influence in the Arab world. And both Pakistan and North Korea have nuclear weapons, which they could either use directly against our troops, or give to terrorists to use on the mainland.
Bush is crazy. And dangerous too. Let's just hope his political capital is all spent for good and his numbers stay in the crapper till December 2008.
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