RE: Saudi Arabia: how did the U.K agree to sign weapon deals with it?
March 12, 2018 at 2:12 am
(This post was last modified: March 12, 2018 at 2:14 am by The Grand Nudger.)
@Atlas
Governments prefer to deal with functional ruling authorities, in short..other governments. In this way the governments of the world will prop up a shit government for the simple fact of it being a known quantity. The air of legitimacy is important when you're looking to sell 50 jets.
Consider it, for a moment..and then ask yourself whether you would prefer that they were sold to some other warlord. The west would sell jets directly to ISIS if they kept the lights on and played the game. We're dealing with a choice between a bunch of dirtbag islamists regardless..so ofc we choose the islamists with aligned interests.
Governments prefer to deal with functional ruling authorities, in short..other governments. In this way the governments of the world will prop up a shit government for the simple fact of it being a known quantity. The air of legitimacy is important when you're looking to sell 50 jets.
Consider it, for a moment..and then ask yourself whether you would prefer that they were sold to some other warlord. The west would sell jets directly to ISIS if they kept the lights on and played the game. We're dealing with a choice between a bunch of dirtbag islamists regardless..so ofc we choose the islamists with aligned interests.
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