Comment "War Is a Racket" (Score 1) 86
> "War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope." -- General Smedley D. Butler
Equipping both sides is totally normal. The US does this all the time. So do other nations. It has been going on in the mid-east for ages.
If you have not heard the Bob Dylan song "Masters of War" in a while, you should listen to it again.