The Arab states are not going to need to seek nuclear weapons themselves if someone can sell the idea of disarming Iranian bombs in exchange for Israel also giving up its weapons. That is something infinitely better then the current situation don't you think?
Hell, it would be a very easy sell to the Iranians - all they have to do is make the offer and give up the handful of bombs they might have and at a stroke, the crippling sanctions are lifted, trade and access to markets and resources would be far improved since even now; relations with west could be normalized; they would have neutralized Israel's vast nuclear arsenal (one the Iranians would struggle to ever truly match anyways, and also the only way to making "wiping Israel off the map" even a remotely feasible possibility if thats what Iran really wants); propelled themselves into a leadership role in the region; and the Iranian leaders can share the Noble Peace Prize with the leaders of China and Israel.
As soon as the Iranians make the offer, the pressure will be entirely on Israel. They can cave and disarm, or they can be the pariah state in the region and risk extermination as America is forced to cut off all military support. They will cave, and that is why they are so desperate that Iran never have the bomb to force them into such an impossible position.
The threat of nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorists as a result of state action is remote in the extreme unless one goes and tries to destroy the state that possesses such weapons.
Its extremely fortunate that Iraq did not really have any WMD, or else terrorists would likely have gotten their hands on them after the chaos of the American led invasion. Short of the overthrow of a state, there is very little danger any terrorist organization could ever develop the capabilities to seize nuclear weapons by force or any other means. If such a thing was even possible, don't you think the CIA would have done it already to ride North Korea of its bombs?
Any nuclear weapon could be ultimately tracked back to its source of origin. For a national government to simply hand such a device over to a friendly terrorist organization for them to set it off in another country would invite the same retaliation as if you sent that bomb over using a ballistic missile.
As for your accusations, well read carefully what I said, I never advocated that China should adopt a policy to facilitate or encourage Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, I specifically stated that China cannot adopt any such policy and that it would greatly harm Chinese interests in the short run for Iran to go nuclear. My point was merely stating my belief that in the even Iran does go nuclear, it would present China a prime opportunity to further its own interests by stepping forward and taking a more responsible and assertive role and solve the nuclear proliferation problem everyone in the west willingly turns a blind eye to.
If China has set itself this goal, then it might take steps to increase the chances of Iran getting a nuclear weapon without any evidence to point to Chinese involvement all the while pontificating in public about the need to prevent nuclear proliferation and to find a peaceful resolution.
Sneaky, underhanded, dangerous and exactly the kind of operation western intelligence agencies would pride themselves on if only they managed to pull off such a grand scheme.
Western intelligence agencies wouldn't like it for sure, but after the royal screw up that was Iraq, their ability to intervene has been severely damaged as most people trust their word as far as they can throw a challenger tank.
You invented the rules to this game. Shouldn't blame the Chinese for playing.
