Helping the Gulf countries

Of course, you know that most countries along the Persian Gulf are quite poor. Just think of some of them - Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, UAE, Kuwait, Saudi

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Arabia, Jordan - and your heart goes out to the inhabitants who are really, really struggling to make a living. Couple the poverty with the attempt by these nations to give power to the people and you can readily understand why our military has financed a number of construction projects in these countries. It so happens that most of these projects involve bases for our troops.

But, hey, it's for a good cause.