In her letter dated November 27, 2010 Joanne Naiman states " The sabre-rattling of the U.S. and Israel at this moment is both troubling and dangerous, not only for people in the Middle East region – including Israelis – but also for the rest of us."
However, The Wikileaks has proved that the Arab States in the Middle East fear Iran, not Israel. "Publication of some 250,000 classified diplomatic cables by the Wikileaks website has exposed the fact that Arab states see Iran and its nuclear weapons program and not Israel as the real threat to Middle East stability and their own security." Analysis from Reuters puts the truth in stark terms: “The revelation confirm the depth of suspicion and hatred of the Shi’ites among Sunni Arab leaders, especially in Saudi Arabia, the leading Sunni power and which regards Iran as an existential threat.”
Now, here’s sample of important revelations that were exposed:
Iran has obtained advanced missiles from North Korea that could let it strike at Western European capitals and Moscow.
Officials from Jordan also called for the Iranian program to be stopped by any means necessary while leaders of the United Arab Emirates and Egypt referred to Iran as “evil,” and an “existential threat.”
Saudi King Abdullah repeatedly urged the United States to destroy the Iranian program. “He told you [Americans] to “cut off the head of the snake,” the Saudi ambassador to Washington, Adel al-Jubeir said, according to a report on Abdullah’s meeting with the U.S. general David Petraeus in April 2008. Abdullah told a US diplomat: "The bottom line is that they (the Iranians) cannot be trusted."
Iran smuggled weapons to Hezballah in ambulances and medical vehicles in violation of international conventions. Hamas also used such vehicles for military and arms-smuggling operations.
Iran withheld from the International AtomicEnergy Agency the original design documents for a secret nuclear reactor.
Iran will have the capabilities to make nuclear weapons very soon.
"In his announcement, probably aimed at bolstering Tehran’s bargaining position at the talks, Iranian Atomic Energy Organization head Ali Akbar Salehi said his nation had achieved the ability to produce its own yellowcake, uranium powder that is used in the process of creating nuclear fuel. By using ore mined in southern Iran, he said, the nation would no longer need imported uranium"
Important other factors to note:
Despite broad international criticism, strong doubts about Iran’s real intentions, and technical delays, Russia’s Rosatom state energy corporation has supplied the Bushehr nuclear plant on the Persian Gulf with the fuel rods necessary to begin operations at the reactor.
For Tehran, its partnership with Moscow is important because Russia is a permanent member of the UN Security Council and this means that it can block new sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
In conclusion, Its not just Israel and the US who are concerned with Iran. Iran’s desire is to spread its hegemony throughout the Middle East, especially now with a weakened Iraq. Sanctions have been ineffective in stopping their nuclear program. Iran is the biggest threat to destablilizing the whole Middle East region, because of its desire to becoming a nuclear weaponed State. In all, the Persian Gulf states are expected to spend approximately $123bln on the purchase of US arms in the coming years.
Saudi Arabia will top the list with $67 billion, followed by the UAE ($40bln), Oman ($12bln) and Kuwait ($7bln).
Mr. K, Winnipeg