Arab leaders urged U.S. to hit Iran

Takuto

Post Number: 2

Topic: Leaders

Title: Arab Leaders urged U.S. to hit Iran

Writers: Paul Richer / Borzou Daragahi

Publication Name: SF Chronicle via LA Times

Date of Publication: 2010-11-29

Length: 619

WikiLeaks, one of the most growing website for publishing the "leaked" documents, recently released the diplomatic cables between Saudi Arabia and the United States, suggesting that the leaders of Arab nudged the U.S. secretly to attack and destroy the nuclear facilities in Iran and other Islamic Republic. So far the known lobbyist are Saudi Arabia King Abdullah and King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain, who contacted the U.S. to hit Iran by pressuring the White House to strike to "cut off the head of the snake before it was too late". The purpose for nudging is very simple: to stop Islamic Republic from researching and developing the nuclear power to produce nuclear-weapons. Nuclear weapon is a huge threat to Arabs because it allows Iran to destroy Arab's entire nations. The United States, in fact, have marked Iran as a terrorist country. According to a leaked document, it has been a while since the Arab leaders urged United States; they first stated a fear against Iran since May 2005 through February 2010's contact, where they seemed to be pressured. The White House immediately denied such fact that the documents of cables were purposely created with an intention for a performance.

First, it became clear that the Wikileaks really turned the government around the world as enemy by publishing closed, secret documents that has been anonymously sent. Now people have chance to take a look at the hidden documents, some people may understand why Saudi Arabia lobbied risky contact; that is, if Arabs and the United States wouldn't attack Islamic nations, they will attack Arab. Arab realized that they cannot defend their own country by themselves if they use the nuclear powers as main weapons. The United States now have to face two issues: an alternative way to protect and store the secret documents, as well as the difficulties with the foreign policy among countries, especially Middle East nations. This is, however, not the only document that has been leaked. It is one of over twenty-five thousand documents that government hid over many years from the world. It is unavoidable to gain criticism from other nations.