I think you are wrong Carol. Little things like diamonds excepted, it's very difficult to get anything out of a war-torn region.

However, I do think right wing governments seem to want their country's to run up enormous debts, thereby vastly limiting the power of future governments to govern with compassion; this is not destabilization, it's limiting the options. Reagan and Bush have increased US debt. Mulroney increased Canadian debt. Does anyone know if Thatcher first increased British debt to record levels before instituting her draconian reforms?