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Why sure, dick, you can has more war in the Middle East -- now that you've sold $20 BILLION worth of weapons to the Saudis and neighboring countries.

According to Raw Story: "... the current Saudi deal serves two purposes, both of which are a direct result of the US-led war against Iraq and the regional instability it has caused. One is to support the Saudi rulers, while the other is to isolate Iran."

Although this deal made headlines, the U.S. has been quietly selling weapons to nations in the Gulf for years, and making plenty of domestic defense contractors wealthy in the process.

Of course, the bush insists the Saudis are our allies, even though 15 of the 19 people involved in the 9/11 attacks were from Saudi Arabia. Then there are the solid reports of Saudis playing a significant role in the insurgency in Iraq -- the same one that's killing U.S. troops. With allies like this, who needs terrorists?

No doubt you'll be shocked to hear that some people don't think more weapons in a region as volatile as the Middle East is such a great idea. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, summed it up nicely for Raw Story:

“This is quintessentially a diplomacy of fear and desperation and not of wisdom and confidence.”