[rgbrenner]

SA is one of the largest arms purchasers in the world. They spend 10% of the gdp on their military. If the US spent that much, we would be spending 3x what we are currently -- or almost $2T/year.

They are about as strong as they can possibly be.

But at the end of the day, they're 32m people. 1/10th the US population or about the same as Texas or New York.

The US didn't "make ksa extremely weak"... they're weak because they're small.