Bush Helps Saudis Go Nuclear, Who are we Securing?

Edward Markey, US Representative | June 11, 2008

Bush is moving toward helping the Saudis develop a nuclear program under the guise of energy security. ++ Considering that Saudi Arabia bathes in oil and basks in sunlight, something is missing. ++ Adding a counterweight to Iran's nuclear aspirations is what this is actually about. ++ The US should heed the lessons of history, that its addiction to oil spreads extremism and that adding nuclear technology to this already fragile region could create a deadly cocktail. ++ Policy in this region should rather take a non-proliferation approach.