[bruinbirdman]

"If we left them alone, they would kill each other off and be of no threat to this part of the world. "

If we left them alone, they would all get nukes.

yitbos

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

“If we left them alone, they would all get nukes.”

I agree — oil wealth enables them to buy weapons technology that never would have emerged from their own culture.