"The atom bomb will never determine who is right — only who is left."
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Foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir remained coy Thursday when a CNN reporter asked him if his country had plans to buy a nuclear weapon from Pakistan. Speculation as to whether or not Saudi Arabia would purchase a nuclear weapon from fellow Sunni Muslim ally Pakistan has been rampant since the negotiations, and eventual agreement, on Iran's nuclear program occurred in 2015.
"I am not going to get into details of discussions we have with foreign governments, and certainly not allied governments. I'm sure you understand," said Jubeir in response to the question Thursday, "I would not discuss these things in a public forum, certainly not on television."
It's almost as if the man understands how things work...
Jubeir's response follows Tuesday remarks made by Secretary of State John Kerry that any purchase of a nuclear weapon from Pakistan by Saudi Arabia would have "all kinds of [Non-proliferation treaty] consequences. I mean, there are huge implications of that."