It's not just MY point. For many years there has been apprehension about Iran's nuke program among ME and Gulf states. No one wants to crank up their own nuke programs to maintain deterrence against a rabidly Islamic state and concerns about leaders of al-Qaeda offshoots are secondary. Anyway there should have been some outcry by now, right?
It's from an opinion piece by a well respected journalist and author, David Ignatius. I don't source from Internet trolls.