From: spike66 (spike66@ATTBI.com)
Date: Sun Apr 07 2002 - 19:54:01 MDT
Technotranscendence wrote:
>But what about arms merchants and other military contractors? They make
>money when conflict or the perception of threats exist.
>
But in our world the perception of threat *always* exists. As time goes
on, improved communications and transportation are bringing together
cultures that must clash, cultures which would otherwise be safely
separated by distance. Military contractors do not start wars,
they stop them. They have never needed to create a demand for
their products.
Notice that one of the most bloody wars in recent times is one
we dont hear much about: the civil war in Burundi and Rwanda.
They didn't use high tech weaponry, just plain old low-tech
machine guns and machetes.
>Why is and has the US government been pushing arms
>sales to nations like Indonesia and Turkey
>
Do you have a URL for that? When was the US government
pushing arms sales to Indonesia and Turkey? Was it advertising
the weapons? Was it in any way pressuring those governments
to buy weapons? Was it threatening either Indonesia or Turkey
if they did not buy weapons?
When you say "pushing arms sales", did you mean *allowing*
arms sales? And if so, is any government that allows arms
sales guilty of pushing arms sales? What about the governments
that are begging to buy armaments? Are they pushing?
Unfortunately most governments in this world are so eager
to buy weapons, the only role of the US government is to
just say no to those who have shown themselves untrustworthy.
spike
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