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Originally posted by Larry_OHF:
He said that we have sold to both sides of an opposing force in the past, because money is money, and we needed to make it somehow. (that was hard for me to hear).
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Britain has also sold to both sides, on many occasions, in fact it's pretty much par for the course. The arms trade doesn't take any prisoners (if you'll excuse the expression.) Arms trading is an excellent source of revenue for both the US and Britain.
Larry, if you'd like some facts and figures on the financial aspects of the global arms trade, then this is a useful site.
http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/ArmsTrade.asp
As well giving figures for total global spend on arms last year (US$ 800 billion, including ops, personnel, etc), there are breakdowns giving percentage of arms sold by the US and other countries to the middle east, developing countries, and so on.
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[This message has been edited by Silver Cheetah (edited 09-13-2001).]