U.S. nuclear plans in MidEast

"The UAE's landmark nuclear deal with the U.S., the first nuclear cooperation agreement between the United States and an Arab nation, came about solely because of the small Gulf nation's rising domestic oil consumption. And it explains why even more ambitious nuclear plans, such as Saudi Arabia's hopes to spend $80 billion on 16 nuclear reactors, are getting Washington's blessings even as Iran's nuclear program has triggered a Western effort to use punishing sanctions to destroy the Iranian economy."