[Destro]

You know Americans have this ego mentality. They freak out that Russia sells weapons to Venezuela - a nation which can be defeated in combat by the New York Police force (in other words its silly for the American superpower to freak out over the Venezuelan military) but when we sell weapons to another nation's mortal enemy like we sell to Pakistan and to Turkey, we Americans act shocked and can't understand why Greeks or Indians or such other nations get all angry at America.

We want to reward Pakistan for help against terrorisim? Drop trade barriers - help them with business loans, etc.

[Cronos]

We want to reward Pakistan for help against terrorisim? Drop trade barriers - help them with business loans, etc.

Now THAT makes sense.

when we sell weapons to another nation's mortal enemy like we sell to Pakistan and to Turkey, we Americans act shocked and can't understand why Greeks or Indians or such other nations get all angry at America.

The thing is that those weapons WILL be used against AMERICAN interests sometime in the future. That is certain. That's what makes the sale even more sillier.

[Cronos]

when we sell weapons to another nation's mortal enemy like we sell to Pakistan and to Turkey, we Americans act shocked and can't understand why Greeks or Indians or such other nations get all angry at America.

Actually that's a very good analogy -- Greece and India. Both ancient civs, wracked by slamism, free themselves from it and become vibrant nations (ok, well, not really modern -- have you seen the traffic in Athens!! ;-P, but I'd rather have them with their own distinct cultures than just clones). And their enemies are nations that seem to only define themselves in the negative sense.