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Iran Nuclear Bomb Bad, Saudi Arabia nuclear bomb good? 

I admit I am confused. Trump, not the US Congress, declared war on Iran to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon by using its civilian nuclear reactor program to make a bomb.

Nuclear weapons are bad, arguably evil, so to many bombing Iran to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon is good, or at least justifiable, despite innocent deaths of schoolgirls and many others. At the same time Trump has told Congress he is pursuing a “Civil Nuclear Deal” with Saudi Arabia but it is a deal that lacks standard guardrails that would prevent Saudi Arabia from using the technology to build a nuclear bomb.

Now this seems odd given that substantial evidence exists that Saudi Arabia was involved in the 9-11 attack on the US while Iran was not. Perhaps helping a country that may have helped those who attacked the US on 9-11 get a Nuclear Bomb is a bad idea? Apparently not as had been widely reported, “But according to Trump’s initial report to Congress, which was viewed by Reuters, the forthcoming (nuclear) agreement does not include non-proliferation safeguards that are intended to ensure Saudi Arabia does not develop nuclear weapons.”

The new agreement reportedly won’t include the........

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