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there is nothing interesting in this. strangefamous said it quite well--there is a ton of documentation available about the international arms market and the willingness of manufacturers to sell anything to anyone--including, prominently, american-based firms--which is not surprising given that the americans are the world largest arms exporter by something like a factor of 10. you might think about the linkage between this arms market and "terrorism" and about how it is only really the arms manufacturers who benefit from the circle implied by linking the two.
why is it surprising that american, german, french, chinese, czech etc etc etc, (products of all the major players in the arms trade) arms are being used by both sides to kill each other in iraq--not to mention almost any other bloody conflict abroad in the world?
obviously, for political advantage, in "revealing" this obvious fact in the context of iraq, it would be important to omit the american involvement in selling weapons before the war---but there is evidence to refute this and its story well-known.....
the international arms trade is the finest example of capitalism in action. nothing matters but cash.
if you support unlimited gun ownership, you have no choice but to embrace all the consequences of arms trafficking, international and domestic.
the massacres enabled by the international arms trade is the finest demonstration of the way in which gun ownership sets you free.
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