By Änselèm Gasiokwu
Who would they use it on when they have it? Probably on themselves.
There was a time Syria and Libya dabbled into producing nuclear bombs.
If Syria had succeeded, it would have meant that today terrorists would have access to nuclear bombs.
Nigeria’s ISWAP, the cousin of Boko Haram, has sworn allegiance to Syria’s ISIS.
ISIS supports it with training, weapons and motivation.
If Syria had nuclear bombs, it means ISIS would also have had it and there’s no reason why they wouldn’t share it with ISWAP.
If ISWAP has it, it automatically means that Boko Haram has it.
And they would use it to probably wipe out Abuja or any state that resists their ideology.
About 4 decades ago in the 1980s, with foreign help, Saddam Hussein embarked on a nuclear program.
He built a nuclear power station and acquired enriched uranium from a foreign country.
Iraq then was not an enemy of the Israel nor the US, nor did it sponsor terrorists to attack Israel.
Iran was Saddam Hussein’s biggest enemy.
But Israel was not comfortable with Saddam owning nuclear bombs and it believed that if Saddam had it, he could use it.
So Israel sent out its bombers to bomb the nuclear facility and destroy it.
That ended Saddam’s quest for a nuclear bomb.
Today, it’s Iran turn to have its nuclear capability destroyed.
I believe the middle east would be a safer place if there are no nuclear bombs.
