It has become quite clear that the US won’t stop Iran from getting the bomb, and they won’t allow/will prevent Israel from doing anything about it. So actors in the region are doing what they feel necessary to match the Iranian threat.

What is funny about this is that these are marginally allies of the US. Allies of the US are feeling insecure under the umbrella of an unpredictable superpower.

A hypothetical question. If current allies of the US acquire military means to feel secure, will they remain allies? The Saudis are troublesome at best, but they need the US and the US needs them. What happens when they don’t?

Remember when Copernicus discovered that the universe didn’t revolve around the powers in Rome? Washington isn’t the center of the universe either. Unless they use their power to make themselves so.

Derek