We Arm the World

In 2007, U.S. foreign military sales agreements totaled more than $32 billion — nearly triple the amount during President Bush’s first full year in office.

The Pentagon routinely justifies weapons sales as “promoting regional stability,” but many of these arms end up in the world’s war zones. In 2006 and 2007, the five biggest recipients of U.S. weapons were Pakistan ($3.5 billion), Iraq ($2.2 billion), Israel ($2.2 billion), Afghanistan ... Full Story »

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by Kenneth Sibbett - Jan. 5, 2009

A fascinating article that explains one side of the arms trade. While the U.S. is certainly selling arms that will come back to haunt us, some countries just sell arms with the knowledge that they are going to terrorists.

While the U.S., Russia, China and who knows who else sell their weapons around the world that are used for murdering innocents, They spew the words "human Rights" in every other sentence.It's hypocrisy for the U.S. to sell weapons to people only we think should have them.

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