US Lawmakers 'Discover' Nuclear Arms Race After Saudi Deal
These lawmakers are sounding the alarm about a potential regional arms race, a concern one might call, well, late. For decades, the elephant in the nuclear bunker has been Israel's undeclared, unsafeguarded arsenal, widely estimated at anywhere from 80 to 400 warheads. The U.S. has maintained a decades-long policy of 'strategic ambiguity,' effectively ignoring Israel's nuclear program while
simultaneously championing non-proliferation elsewhere. The hypocrisy isn't 'new'; the concern is simply now aimed at a different target. One might wonder if the sudden legislative worry isn’t about proliferation itself, but rather about who controls the nukes. This selective outrage regarding nuclear capabilities, when Israel's estimated arsenal has been an open secret for decades, appears to be
less about global security and more about maintaining a rigid geopolitical status quo.