The whole issue of Iranian nukes has become really meaningless. Six arab nations, according to the Murdoch-owned
Times of London, have announced their intention to go nuclear.
The "War of Civilizations" thing so many of our elite subscribes to, might not be such a good idea after all.
The countries involved were named by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Saudi Arabia. Tunisia and the UAE have also shown interest.
You have to wonder if King George, the Blunderer, will now be compelled to add these nations to his list of enemies.
Mark Fitzpatrick, an expert on nuclear proliferation at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said that it was clear that the sudden drive for nuclear expertise was to provide the Arabs with a "security hedge".
"If Iran was not on the path to a nuclear weapons capability you would probably not see this sudden rush [in the Arab world]," he said.
The announcement by the six nations is a stunning reversal of policy in the Arab world, which had until recently been pressing for a nuclear free Middle East, where only Israel has nuclear weapons.
If current policies continue, we can expect the US to join Israel in a pre-emptive strike against the whole Middle East one day.