Here's a fun little corollary. Israel has nuclear weapons, and Iran is working on it. Gulf states, so far, appear not to have been pursuing this path. They prob

Here's a fun little corollary. Israel has nuclear weapons, and Iran is working on it. Gulf states, so far, appear not to have been pursuing this path. They probably felt effectively protected by the US, and felt they would lose their relationship with the US if they did pursue this path. But now, that's gone. US is not protecting them, and they are between two belligerent nuclear powers. 1, 2, 3, what's the natural conclusion? And what happens when a fractioned region enters a nuclear race?