On June 4, Richard Allen, national Security Adviser during the REagan administration wrote and Op-Ed piece in the New York Times about the Israeli destruction of the Iraqi nuclear program in the 1980's. In a word, Allen makes clear without saying that the Saudis provided assistance to that effort. He says: "the duty officer reported that Israeli warplanes were returning from their mission in Iraq, and were by then over Saudi airspace. Oddly, the aircraft, F-16’s and F-15’s, were thought to be unable to make a round trip to Iraq: Israel couldn’t refuel its planes in the air and landing between the two countries was considered unthinkable."
Further in the article, Allen reports that after the attack certain countries that were publicly "outraged" said in private that they were pleased.
It well may be that the Saudis would once again be ready to help if it meant that the Iranian nuclear facilities would be destroyed. Time will tell.
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