Instead Of Bombing Dictators, Stop Selling Them Bombs!

Freedom fighting exacts a deadly toll on those we intend to "liberate." So the irony should sting like the heat from a hellfire missile when you consider the fact that we sell A LOT of weapons to our enemies, even "blacklisted" countries like Iran. How could we have a legitimate threat if they were unarmed? This is a fundamental flaw in our system that has to be changed if we are ever going to live on a peaceful planet. War is good for business, bad for humanity. It’s a vicious cycle: supplying weapons to rouge regimes causes the need to build more weapons to defend against them.









Company Country Arms sales

Lockheed Martin USA $33,430,000,000
BAE Systems UK $33,250,000,000
Boeing USA $32,300,000,000
Northrop Grumman USA $27,000,000,000
General Dynamics USA $25,590,000,000
Raytheon USA $23,080,000,000
EADS Trans-Eur. $15,930,000,000
Finmeccanica Italy $13,280,000,000
L-3 Communications USA $13,010,000,000
United Technologies USA $11,110,000,000



7 of the top ten weapons contractors are from the U.S., and while the economy sputters like a gas starved hummer, companies like Lockheed Martin still rake in record profits:

Lockheed Martin, the largest US defense contractor, said it had a record year for new orders in 2010 in spite of the squeeze on military budgets, as it reported better-than- expected earnings for the fourth quarter.

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The New York Times published on Christmas Eve a story exposing nearly 300 US companies that hold special export licenses allowing them to do “billions of dollars in business with Iran and other countries blacklisted as state sponsors of terrorism.”

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It seems scandalous that US-based companies would be allowed to sell weapons to terrorists. Would this not be treasonous? Apparently Julian Assange is a bigger threat to national security than a contractor who sells high tech weapons to Iran!

Last September, the Financial Times reported that the U.S. had struck deals to provide Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Oman with $123 billion worth of arms. The repressive monarchy of Saudi Arabia accounts for over half that figure, with it set to receive $67 billion worth of weapons, including 84 F-15 jets, 70 Apache gunships, 72 Black Hawk helicopters, 36 light helicopters and thousands of laser-guided smart bombs – the largest weapons deal in U.S. history

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67 Billion to the same country that 15 of the 19 hijackers from September 11th 2001 originated from! (According to the official story, of course)

In Yemen, which has received more than $300 million in military aid from the U.S. over the last five years, the Obama administration continues to support corrupt thug and president-for-life Ali Abdullah Saleh, who recently ordered a massacre of more than 50 of his own citizens who dared protest his rule.

We do not go after dictators because of human rights violations—that just makes a good cover story. We go after them for their failure to take orders from Washington.





The MSM claims Obama is cracking down on the defense budget, however:

$708.2 billion, the sum requested just for fiscal year 2011, is an extraordinary chunk of change. The Center for a New American Security (hardly a dovish think tank) calculates that, adjusting for inflation, this sum is 13 percent higher than the defense budget at the peak of the Korean War, 33 percent higher than at the peak of the Vietnam War, 23 percent higher than at the peak of the Cold War, and 64 percent higher than the Cold War's average.

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He also has to return some favors from when he was elected:

Barack Obama's campaign has pocketed $870,165 from defense-contractor sources, 34% more than the $647,313 in contributions McCain's campaign received from the same sector. Traditionally, GOP candidates — who tend to favor higher military spending than their Democratic rivals — receive more donations from defense-company political action committees and employees.

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Corporate influence drives foreign policy at the highest levels of government and enables war profiteering. This is blood money, and it literally puts weapons in the hands of terrorists who are purported to be the number one violators of freedom. So much so, that we must give up our rights, endure searches and seizures, and be succumb to spying—all in the name of security. Until we stop putting weapons in the hands of dictators, we will always have a reason to bomb them, and thus the vicious cycle continues.

And stop giving their country billions in foreign aid which gets looted by the dictator and others in power at the top.

Originally posted by CosmicCitizen
And stop giving their country billions in foreign aid which gets looted by the dictator and others in power at the top.

SO SAY WE ALL.

Second shout-out: So Say We All...

Gawd.. you are so unpatriotic.. you dont condone bombing people into democracy. For shame.

reply to post by v1rtu0s0

I asked ages ago in another thread "How many US soldiers have been killed or injured by US weapons?"

It's a corrupt world...

Originally posted by CosmicCitizen
And stop giving their country billions in foreign aid which gets looted by the dictator and others in power at the top.

Couldn't agree more.

Bombs need to be built in order to provide shareholders their return on investment.

The bombed are just the cause of doing business.

We the people, believe in fiat money.

The Banking Family Elite own the companies that make and sell the bombs.

Since bankers don't choose sides they can sell to both sides.

But all the major political leaders work together for the same common goal.

A sad truth.

Originally posted by CosmicCitizen
And stop giving their country billions in foreign aid which gets looted by the dictator and others in power at the top.

That's a good point. We sell the arms to the countries AND we help them pay for it.

reply to post by notsofunnyguy


The companies profit when we they sell these countries weapons. Then they profit once again when we go to war with these countries.

Nooooo bombs are just about the onlything still made in the USA today, just imagine where our ecenomy would bew without bombs.

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This is a fundamental problem. It's just like finding a cure for a disease. Many people who treat the symptoms would be out of a job.

reply to post by v1rtu0s0


This is the best solution by far! Do I even need to explain why?

I read that GE posted 5 Billion profits on their new engine for the F35 strike fighter engine and they didn't have to pay one penny in tax on it. How sick is that?

reply to post by JerryB08


This is par for the course really. They actually cut a few billion from the budget to eliminate F22's and save money, but secretly added the same amount back to fund the F35's.

reply to post by strawberry91


Please explain your reasoning. Thanks.