Penguin
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US nears $100 billion arms deal for Saudi Arabia
THAT IS THE TOPIC
THAT IS THE TOPIC
NATO as such as zero interest in in a conflict between tIran and neighbours. When you did your analysis, you may be correct in your observation about who would benefit in what way from such a conflict. However, that does not mean parties discussed 'want' this, or actively 'seek' this. That is PROJECTION of your own assumptions about their motivations and objectives. Projection like that introduces error into an otherwise correct analysis of consequences.Let's look at it from a different perspective.. The US/NATO would have loved to push for a KSA/GCC vs Iran prolonged war that would cost more than a trillion dollars, this would have allowed western weapons factories to go full gear and would have benefited the west mostly, while at the same time weakening KSA and its Sunni Allies and Iran and its Shia' allies, in other words; weakening the whole Muslim world in one go and without any western nation having to fight or lose lives.. to the contrary the West would be making hundreds of billions in arms sales anyway..
So I think it is a smart move to pay a few hundred Billions of dollars, get the best weapons for it, avoid a devastating war between Muslims, protect oneself as best as one can, benefit the Mafia boss (US) the most, get his added protection and benefit technologically and scientifically from it.. Keep progressing instead of regressing..