"...The latest U.S. intelligence shows that Pakistan's nuclear arsenal is closer to 200 weapons than the 60 commonly accepted.
There is also deepening concern about the direction Saudi Arabia is taking as it is increasingly skeptical of U.S. power and the direction of U.S. foreign policy.
Prince Turki Al Faisal, the former head of Saudi intelligence and a former ambassador to the United States, says Saudi Arabia cannot stand still if Iran develops a nuclear capability.
On Tuesday, Turki signaled a new Saudi nuclear option: "If our efforts, and the efforts of the world community, fail to convince Israel to shed its weapons of mass destruction and to prevent Iran (Israel doesn't have to 'shed' if it 'prevent'!) from obtaining similar weapons, we must as a duty to our country and people, look into all options we are given, including obtaining these weapons ourselves."
It isn't inconceivable that Pakistan would sell one or several nuclear warheads to Saudi Arabia. This was first discussed in 2006 when Saudi King Abdallah and an entourage of some 200 in two Boeing 747s flew into Islamabad for 24 hours.
If a Saudi nuclear option should materialize, Turkey wouldn't and couldn't stand still for non-nuclear status.
High diplomacy and a deft diplomatic touch are urgently required before U.S.-Pak relations spin out of control...."
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