Quote:
|
One question though: might this sting and the accompanying media campaign have been pre-planned to cause would-be arms dealers to think twice about their actions?
|
Sure, I can buy that. Much like the ISONEWS crackdown. The NPR radio story I heard said there were hundreds of USA and Russian missiles being sold on the black market every year, so I suppose if the ABC story is true you could argue that it still sends a signal to small time criminals that they should stick to petty theft and not deal in weapons.
Quote:
|
Seems a lot of the critics here think this was just some innocent guy walking down the street when the government decided to target him. I think that kind of says a lot about your perception of our government.
|
I haven't seen anyone say that yet. I certainly didn't. The point is that the "official" story is that the guy was a "significant international arms dealer" and that the abcnews story says that he was just an unemployed, heavily in debt textile worker. One of these two stories is wrong. We'll have to wait and see if any other reputable news organizations pick up the story to find out. But, ABC news is not, say, the drudge report, and the fact that they are reporting this gives it at least some credibility in my book.