On October 29, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced a programme to build several nuclear power stations -- the country having abandoned an atomic energy programme in 1986 after the Chernobyl disaster.
Jordan, one of only two Arab countries with Egypt to have signed peace deals with Israel, as well as Algeria, Libya, Yemen and all six pro-Western Gulf states including Saudi Arabia have also announced peaceful nuclear ambitions.
I have very little doubt that all of these countries want to have their own version of a nuclear arsenal. Thanks to the interfeerence of the Bush administration this region is far more dangerous then has been in the last fifty years.
And of course this scares the hell out of Israel.
Egyptian and Saudi nuclear ambitions, on top of Iran's atomic drive, will lead to an "apocalyptic scenario", a senior Israeli cabinet minister said in comments published on Friday.
"If Egypt and Saudi Arabia begin nuclear programmes, this can bring an apocalyptic scenario upon us," Strategic Affairs Minister Avigdor Lieberman told the English-language Jerusalem Post newspaper.
"Their intentions should be taken seriously and the declarations being made now are to prepare the world for when they decide to actually do it," said the minister, responsible for coordinating Israeli efforts against a nuclear Iran.
Now more then ever we need a strong diplomatic team working in this area. Our constant sable rattling has only shown that we are a dog who is all bark and little bite. We are bogged down in Iraq, and our resources are virtually exhausted. The rest of this area sees many other countries like Korea, and Pakistan, and India, being treated with more deference after establishing their nuclear programs. Who can blame them for not wanting to be left out?
You know there was a time when only Europeans had the gun. Dangerous technology will always end up in the hands of those we may consider to be our enemies.
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