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The difference, here, is that the U.S. is by far the greatest military might in the world, and they are supplying arms to other nations over which they hope to hold great influence. Think Saudi Arabia and Israel. They look to these nations as a counterbalance to their greatest perceived threat: militant and rogue Islamic states. I suppose this is similar to the Cold War, when the threat was Communism. But I think this new situation is a bit more complex.
The reason why this is worse than the Cold War is because Americans are arming people in a region that doesn't necessarily share its values. How close in values are Americans, Saudi Arabians, and Israelis? This isn't the Communists vs. the Capitalists here. This is religion, resources, politics, and history--you name it.
America is feeding fuel into a bomb just waiting to go off.
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Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 09-08-2007 at 09:09 PM..
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