Is There a Nuclear Arms Race Brewing in the Middle East?

Is There a Nuclear Arms Race Brewing in the Middle East?  http://bit.ly/1XykUCW

Despite being one of the most conflict riddled regions on the planet, the Middle East has somehow avoided widespread nuclear proliferation. With the exception of Israel, and a handful of American nukes parked in Turkey (which can’t be launched unless the US gives them the authorization codes) the nations of the Middle East completely lack nuclear weapons. And it’s not because they don’t have the ability to build these weapons. There are plenty of oil rich governments in the region that could build them if they wanted to. The only thing preventing that is a series of international treaties, and nothing more.

No doubt, it’s a good thing that a nuclear arms race never occurred in the Middle East. Granted, an arms race is never a good thing, but it would be especially disastrous in the Middle East, where ethnic and religious wars have been endemic for thousands of years, and where global superpowers like Russia and the US have vested interests.

Unfortunately, this may not be the case in the near future. And by near future, I mean right now, because there are plenty of signs that suggest several nations in the Middle East are considering the construction of nuclear weapons.

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