Should we sell $20 billion in arms to any country? The US has a plan to sell $20 billion in arms to saudi arabia. What will this do? This will be used to buy guns, bullets, bombs that will be used to intimidate, maim, and kill. This is the typical knee-jerk escalation that views solving the problems of terrorism as killing more terrorists. The collateral damage is a stable society. What gets left behind is all the direct and indirect effects of putting $20 billion of arms in the middle east.

The weapons that are constantly being used in all these areas came from somewhere. We need to add no more. For $20 billion, we could add infrastructure for roads, schools, water for those that are the worst off. The best way to combat terrorism is to strengthen those people who have the least care of their futures and their country.