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Old Nov 15th, 2006, 12:59 PM        Re: US number one in supplying arms
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Originally Posted by Geggy
Researchers suggested that the arms trade is NOW fueled as much by the economic interests of U.S. weapons manufacturers as it is by national security.
What is important to note in this blurb is the NOW I highlighted in that last sentence. The suggestion is that the evil profit motive has finally begun to be as much a motive in US arms deals as has always been national security. The fact that we are the leading supplier of arms isn't the story... that hasn't changed. The only new "information" here is that some unnamed "researchers," possibly not even affiliated with the Congressional Research Service, suggested (not even stated) that US arms manufacturers are simply selling for profit now as much as they are for reasons of national security.

Do you understand the security aspect of us selling arms to other countries? Influence. Information. Control. The above quoted sentence just about confirms the validity of the security strategy behind our arms policy. It's implied that profit was only a secondary benefit of arms sales up till now, but NOW weapons manufacturers are selling their guns for evil profits just as much as they are for reasons of national security. For SHAME, gun people!

You actually buy into this crap, Geggy?
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mburbank~ Yes, okay, fine, I do know what you meant, but why is it not possible for you to get through a paragraph without making all the words cry?

How can someone who obviously thinks so much of their ideas have so little respect for expressing them? How can someone who so yearns to be taken seriously make so little effort?!
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