Once again, the NYT reports the news and obfuscates it at the same time. Persian Gulf countries are not seriously concerned about Iran; if the regimes of those countries are worried about anything, it is (as with the U.S. government) the democratic aspirations of their populations. What truly lies behind the buying spree is the fact that the U.S. economy is built around militarism--we have a war-based economy. If we don't sell this stuff (at undoubtedly inflated prices to regimes that have no real need for it), our economy, which is already anemic at best, will head into further decline. The Persian Gulf regimes are simply "scratching our back" so that, when the next popular uprising occurs within their own borders, they can be assured that the U.S. government will "scratch theirs."
It is anti-democratic corruption all around.
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