War and Peace

The Bush administration has announced a major new Middle East initiative: more weapons for the overly weaponized. In Gasoline for the Fire, Matt Duss compares the U.S. government to a gambling addict who has to keep betting more to cover his previous losses. The plan to provide some $65 billion worth of advanced weapons to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Israel over the next 10 years, he argues, represents a reckless, poorly considered attempt to mitigate the consequences of its disastrous invasion of Iraq.
In The Saudi Arms Deal, Rachel Stohl explains that congressional opposition to the plan is growing. Ultimately, this turkey might not fly.
And Dan Smith, in Why Saudi Arabia, Why Now, gives the back story on why the administration thinks this deal makes sense even when so many others think it doesn't.
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