The religious volatility in the Middle East is far too high to trust this level of engagement with any country in that region.
Saudi Arabia for generations has attached itself to the USA for ideological reasons and use of it's military to engage in wars of choice. Iraq was a war of choice and now the assault on Iran is a war of choice. This is a country with a Prince that has overseen the acidic removal of a journalist practicing in the USA for a major newspaper because of the truth telling about the Saudi Prince's regime. This is a country that had a regime of terrorists carry out the attacks of September 11, 2001 under the leadership of Osama bin Laden. This is not a country that is an ally in the way the American people believe an ally should exist. This is a country with it's own direction dictated by it's religious beliefs. There is no democracy in Saudi Arabia, nor will there ever be.
Israel is already unsettled over this allowance by Trump. If there is ever engagement of nuclear weapons by Saudi Arabia, Israel will strike first.
The U.S. and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday (click here) forged a new agreement that could potentially provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability for its civilian nuclear program.
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi Minister of Energy Abdulaziz bin Salman formally signed the nuclear cooperation agreement, known as a “123 agreement,” alongside what the Trump administration described as a “bilateral safeguards agreement.”
The U.S. administration released scant details of the deal, but the framework paves the way for the building of a uranium enrichment facility in Saudi Arabia after a joint U.S.-Saudi study, according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
“These agreements reflect our two nations’ shared commitment to strengthening U.S.-Saudi commercial relations, delivering prosperity at home and security to our allies abroad,” Wright said in a statement. “Rest assured, these agreements uphold the highest standards of nuclear safety and nonproliferation, while relying on the world’s best nuclear technology and scientists, designed right here in the United States.”...
