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 ...
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Excellent look at Bush administration/Pentagon approval of US arms sales to unstable regions and unstable governments, while disregarding objections of the US State Department, among others.
This may well be one of the most important "sleeper" issues facing the Obama administration. I believe it is essential for forensic accountants and the US GAO (Government Accounting Office) to track all contracts, expenditures, sales, "lost" weapons--and where the profits went. I will be shocked if there is not criminal negligence at best, and widespread profiteering through peddling carnage to the highest bidders.
The Obama administration could mark a new era in arms trade. On the campaign trail, Obama expressed openness to signing the global cluster munitions ban, but he has yet to ... More »
The article points up the huge profits of the military industrial complex from arming the world, including the worst elements of the world order.
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.
Although filtered through the New American ideals of the democratic platform, this article provides a critical stance on America's role as war service provider for conflicts around the globe by profiting from an industry of producing weaponry.
When the majority of our tax revenue scaffolds the military industrial complex which imposes certain global geopolitical visions, it is fruitless to question other political groups' motives for wanting to have their own control over the earth's resources.
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