The Soviets also armed Arab states and fomented the Six Day War. They lament the fall of their evil empire to this day and put their highest hopes of incrementally conquering the world in another rise of the same empire with a bit of a fascist twist and a different name. It’s their mind. They think differently.
We could save a hell of a lot of money by sending those countries ZERO and lowering the amount of money we send to Israel at the same time!
We really are being taken for a ride by people spending other people's money.