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What is being characterized as a "Saudi arms deal" is provoking opposition on both the right and the left. It is not, however, a stand-alone deal; it is part of a broad initiative to knit the Gulf states together with one another and with us against Iran. The region traditionally had two counterweights to Iran's influence: Saddam's Iraq and us. With Saddam gone and with our commitment to Iraq and the region in doubt, the Gulf states badly need bolstering, or they will begin to appease the Persian threat to the east. The administration's initiative plugs the Gulf states into U.S. air- and missile-defense ...