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But it SEEMS to imply that he would not have been doing this if it weren't for the government.
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Yes, that is exactly what the abc news story is implying, that the man was not an arms dealer, he was a desparate guy who needed cash.
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The fact remains that there were several people willing to negotiate a deal to supply weapons to terrorists.
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Yes, but the difference here is that, if the ABC news story is correct, the man arrested had no ability to actually get the arms himself and no history in dealing arms. He was just a middleman between russians posing as the supplier and brits posing as the buyers. That's quite a different story than the news stories that are saying he was a dangerous international arms dealer. You can always find stupid people that will commit crimes for money.
Don't get me wrong, the guy is an idiot, he committed a crime, and he deserves jail. And ABC is the only one reporting the different story so far. So, as I said, we'll have to wait and see what the truth is.