It was about the military industrial complex needing to have money roll in so they could keep building weapons. The cold war was ending and they had to find a new boogie man, thus folks who live in dirt huts in the deserts were deemed worthy enough to fight against. The desert dwellers had a few Kalishnokovs and some hand gernades, so America had to spend billions to fight against them. Yea, riiiiiiggggghhhhttttt.............