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It's hard to say whether it's "live and learn" or simply "seeing is believing."
Knowing full well the waters were deep and that there must be some unsavory deal lurking behind the curtains, I mysteriously got tangled up in it, without knowing the truth of the matter—it's a rather uncomfortable feeling.
Gao Guang intended to obliterate the Duhe family completely. He hardly exerted any effort himself; he merely acted as a mediator. The money came from Moussa's family, relationships were fostered by Dawson, backing came from the Pentagon and the CIA, and Black Sea Mercenary Corps were the ones hired to do the dirty work.
If you think about it, that's using other people's money, networks, and lives to gain fame and dominance, and along the way, make a profit too. Later on in Baghdad, the wealth would just keep rolling in and one could throw one's weight around.