White House May Share Nuclear Power Technology With Saudi Arabia

[babylonsister]

White House May Share Nuclear Power Technology With Saudi Arabia
The overture follows an intense and secretive lobbying push involving Michael Flynn, Tom Barrack, Rick Gates and even Iran-Contra figure Robert McFarlane.

by Isaac Arnsdorf Nov. 29, 1:34 p.m. EST


The Trump administration is holding talks on providing nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia — a move that critics say could upend decades of U.S. policy and lead to an arms race in the Middle East.

The Saudi government wants nuclear power to free up more oil for export, but current and former American officials suspect the country’s leaders also want to keep up with the enrichment capabilities of their rival, Iran.

Saudi Arabia needs approval from the U.S. in order to receive sensitive American technology. Past negotiations broke down because the Saudi government wouldn’t commit to certain safeguards against eventually using the technology for weapons.

Now the Trump administration has reopened those talks and might not insist on the same precautions. At a Senate hearing on Nov. 28, Christopher Ford, the National Security Council’s senior director for weapons of mass destruction and counterproliferation, disclosed that the U.S. is discussing the issue with the Saudi government. He called the safeguards a “desired outcome” but didn’t commit to them.

Abandoning the safeguards would set up a showdown with powerful skeptics in Congress. “It could be a hell of a fight,” one senior Democratic congressional aide said.

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[Angry Dragon]

1. nothing could go wrong

[applegrove]

2. Canada sold nuclear energy technology to India and they built nukes.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. So let me get this straight:

Nuclear power technology/Iran: Bad, Sanctions, War

Nuclear power technology/Saudi Arabia: Good, Wahabi Islam, Unstable Monarchy

How much is SA paying Trump for this knowledge?

[Fred Sanders]

4. Not enough USA is helping this dictatorship refuel jets killing thousands of

innocent civilians including 5000 estimated children in Yemen and starving to death tens of thousands more?

But mum's the word when the dead are Muslims. And more so when your criminal partner also hates a certain kind of Muslim. The whole love affair with Saudi is offensive to the world. Israel exempted, because they hate Iran and no crime can be large enough to overcome that hatred.

[Sophia4]

5. This is the worst idea ever, ever, ever, ever!

The government of Saudi Arabia is very insecure. It has been known to have and association with ISIS, possibly as a funder.

This is the worst possible idea ever, ever, ever.

[HipChick]

6. Is this like when they were going to work with Russia to combat hacking

and to retract shortly afterwards?

[leftynyc]

7. They're going to give

nuclear technology to the government that funds isis? What could go wrong?

[malaise]

8. Because imperialism demands that they destriy Iran and steal that oil

This planet is a mess

[Initech]

9. Yeah give the most hostile country in the Middle East access to nukes. What a great idea!