Silly Little Country

Some Arab Clarity on Iran

After all, the Iranians may be Muslims but they are not Arabs. (The point being made for those who love shouting 'racist'.)

The United Arab Emirates ambassador to the United States said Tuesday that the benefits of bombing Iran's nuclear program outweigh the short-term costs such an attack would impose.
In unusually blunt remarks, Ambassador Yousef al-Otaiba publicly endorsed the use of the military option for countering Iran's nuclear program, if sanctions fail to stop the country's quest for nuclear weapons.
"I think it's a cost-benefit analysis," Mr. al-Otaiba said. "I think despite the large amount of trade we do with Iran, which is close to $12 billion … there will be consequences, there will be a backlash and there will be problems with people protesting and rioting and very unhappy that there is an outside force attacking a Muslim country; that is going to happen no matter what."
"If you are asking me, 'Am I willing to live with that versus living with a nuclear Iran?,' my answer is still the same: 'We cannot live with a nuclear Iran.' I am willing to absorb what takes place at the expense of the security of the U.A.E."

My own guess is the only way to achieve this outcome is for Israel to do the dirty work, and then for all the Arab countries to scream and shout for a few years, though perhaps with more deliberate fecklessness than usual.

posted by Alan Adamson @ 5:52 PM