[Fljotsdale]

Originally posted by Silver Cheetah: 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.

Yeah, and then we (The WEST) complain 'cos they use 'em. We even train 'em in guerilla warfare, etc, and go beserk when they dare use it against us.
Hypocrisy or what?

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