[krschultz]

Part of the reason not to do that kind of stuff is that you don't know how long the regime you are helping will last. I think we are finally learning that lesson. These days it seems that the risk of arms falling into the wrong hands outweighs our desire to arm what we deem to be the "right" hands today. I am certain if the Syrian civil war happened in the 1980s, we would have been sending the "rebels" all sorts of missiles and gadgets that would have floated around the world for the next 30 years.

[GauntletWizard]

I agree; The US should not share any of it's technological innovations with other countries, and establish a strict isolationism policy. Since we didn't see the rise of Nazi Germany, we shouldn't have allowed the Weimar Republic to use our technology or traded with them.

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I'm not entirely certain how so few people here get that massive revolutions and changes in political power can change the playing field of what foreign aid and technological assistance we should give to other countries. Perhaps we should be like France, and sell tanks to the highest bidder regardless of international sanctions.

[krschultz]

I think people are downvoting you because they're missing that by "technological innovations" you are referring to weapons. I don't care if we share MongoDB with Pakistan, but I'd prefer not to share the new railguns with anyone.