# The United States has agreed to sell to the United Arab Emirates advanced 80 F16s. The deal is estimated to be around 15 billion dollars. However, in return, the US will be able to build military bases there with improved access to the only deep-water port capable of housing carriers in the Persian Gulf. In this particular example, there are also concerns about the resulting stability in the region and the possible arms race it could start with the neighbors.

# Many weapons are also sold to Turkey. These have been used against the Kurds, in what some have described as the worst human rights violations and ethnic cleansing since the second World War. The US turns a blind eye to these atrocities because they are able to set up bases in such a key geopolitical location, giving access to places in the Middle East, and because Turkey could be one of the main receivers of oil headed to Western countries, from the Caspian sea.

# There are also many arms trade-related interests in the Middle East. By having pro-US monarchies and other regimes (not necessarily democracies) at the helm and promoting policies that often ignore democracy and human rights, arms deals are often lucrative and help continue US foreign policy objectives.

# Furthermore, the Middle East is the most militarized region in the world procuring more arms than anywhere else.

IT IS WRONG TO SELL THESE WEAPONS. YOU CAN"T BITCH ABOUT MASS GRAVES AND PEOPLE BEING SLAUGHTERED WITHOUT LOOKING AT WHO PROVIDED THE WEAPONS IN ORDER FOR THE KILLINGS TO TAKE PLACE!