For those who follow the intricacies of politics in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, the Wikileaks revelations were no shock.

Arab worries over Iran’s nuclear program were well known—just never publicized as they now have been.

From Saudi King Abdullah allegedly urging the U.S. to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities, to “cut off the head of the snake,” to a UAE leader’s likening of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Hitler — these comments seem to shatter Muslim unity and put many Arab states on the same page as Israel in terms of their views of Iran’s nuclear program.

There has been no official comment from Arab leaders, but one Arab journalist tells Fox News that “no one has a sense of guilt. They are all sharing the same crime” in terms of how so many Arab states have been caught out making harsh comments about Iran.

Some Arab analysts and journalists say the damage is much greater to the United States than it is to Arab governments.  The alleged revelations of Wikileaks pertaining to espionage at the U.N. particulary will make it more difficult for representatives of other countries to trust U.S. officials.  And there is sense of shock that America’s computer security system would have a loophole to allow one young soldier to allegedly get information to blow it all up this way.

Riad Kahwaji, CEO of the INEGMA think tank in Dubai writes that the release of the documents could “either speed up a military action on Iran or end this option altogether.”

He goes on, “the impact of these documents would be global on many scales, however the biggest impact would be on the Middle East where most officials and people of the region largely believe in conspiracy theory and have traditionally been suspicious of the United States.”

He says: “Almost all Arab officials would think twice about speaking their views honestly in private in front of American officials, especially if such views differ from the public stance of the respective government.  These leaks have likely shattered the fragile confidence that existed between U.S. officials and their regional allies and would most likely complicate Washington’s policies in the region.”

Iran, for its part, accused the United States of stirring mischief.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said he does not give any value to these documents, that they are without legal value, that Iran and regional states are friends, and that the Wikileaks documents are not actually leaks but rather an organized release of information and a waste of time.

It wasn’t just Middle Easterners who were embarrassed by the revelations in Wikileaks, but Europeans too.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is referred to as an “emperor with no clothes,” Russian President Dmitri Medvedev as “pale and apprehensive” and the Robin to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s “Batman.” It also calls Putin the “alpha-dog of Europe” and German Chancellor Angela Merkel as “risk averse and rarely creative”.

Most European comments on the leaks involved putting on a brave face.  Britain’s Foreign Office condemned the unauthorized release of U.S. classified information.

A spokesperson said about the release of classified documents: “They can damage national security, are not in the national interest, and as the U.S. has said, may put lives at risk.  We have a very strong relationship with the U.S. government.  That will continue.”

Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov reacted cautiously to the secret memos.  “At the moment it is impossible to say anything definite.  (We need to look at) the level of diplomats and officials who are giving such a character description, and in which documents.  And in general, we need to resolve whether it concerns Putin.”