Saturday, February 21, 2026

Trump Removing Guardrails from Proposed Saudi Nuclear Deal

President Donald Trump has told Congress he is pursuing a civil nuclear pact with Saudi Arabia that does not include non-proliferation safeguards the U.S. has long said would ensure the kingdom does not develop nuclear weapons, according to a copy of the document sent to Congress and reviewed by Reuters.

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"Asked whether Pakistan would be obliged to provide Saudi Arabia with a nuclear umbrella under the new mutual defense pact, the senior Saudi official said: "This is a comprehensive defensive agreement that encompasses all military means."" www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/m ...

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#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-20 12:29 PM

The US helped Iran develop its peaceful nuclear power industry under the Atoms for Peace initiative in the 1960s.

The US supplied Saddam Hussein with strategic armaments when it invaded Iran in the early 1980s.

Countries in the Middle East want nuclear weapons because Israel has them.

Pakistan's military insecurity towards India abated after they developed the A-Bomb thanks to A Q Khan.

How did the past or present fear of WMDs in the Middle East work out for us?

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-20 03:19 PM

It was all over but the shrieking the day that Israel deployed its hundreds of nuclear weapons of mass destruction and aimed them at the Arab states that opposed its apartheid ways. Sooner or later, that insane asylum will explode and take the whole world with it to kingdom...gone.

#3 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-02-22 06:42 AM

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