If they want to become the 51st state we should let them . WE should encourage it . Then our defense contractors can locate plants to build weapons right in the middle east . Easy delivery of older inferior weapons systems and sales would rocket through the roof . With defense contractors selling hundreds of billions of arms around the globe it only makes sense to locate some plants In a place like Iraq . Just think of an eager workforce who loves to build weapons happily reporting to work . With 55% Iraqi's out of a job this would be a boom to the economy . Why let Russia and China have all the fun arming the world and make all that money when we could . A sales and service center in the heart of all the action .