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US global arms sales reach record $66.3B
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 28.08.12, 11:25
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1. Guess this explains why "Iran" is good for America and why..
US weapons = ,   Saudi's oil = $$$$$$   (08.28.12)
Obama and the State Dept. pushed for the Arab Spring. All good for the US economy.
2. ABSOLUTELY..................................#1
MAHMOOD ,   LONDON-UK   (08.28.12)
60% of obsolete military hardware is disposed off by USA in less than a year and the Arab kings,sheikhs and prince have emptied their coffers for the same.Laugh and laugh loudly.
3. Jealous?
Uncle Sam   (08.28.12)
4. So this is how the Americans plan to
Eli ,   Jerusalem   (08.28.12)
pay off their debt to China! The most cynical and repugnant use of power since the Romans. If they keep acting with out regard to morality they may actually meet the same end as the Romans. It appears that they only really care about the countries with the money to pay them,
5. #4 "Debt to China"
Robert ,   Australia   (08.28.12)
$66b is just a drop in the ocean compared to the US debt to China. If the US relied on arms sales the US debt to China would still be growing at the end of the century.
6. Robert Your living standard depends on China
PETER SM ,   MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA   (08.28.12)
Yet we still keep exporting our jobs to them
7. #2. Not nearly as laughable as...
Tim ,   Brighton   (08.28.12)
The Iranian Regimes squandering of nearly $230bn over 6 years in pursuit of Enriched Uranium 'for medical purposes?' Where would Iran be now if that money were used to improve the lot of ordinary Iranians? You have to wonder though about the sanity of people like Ahmadinejad when if you recall not so long ago - in front of the worlds TV he is seen fawning and caressing and then BLESSING his nuclear rod like some demented dervish? Or the image of Chavez and Ahmadinejad like some six year old schoolboys guffawing and giggling in front of the stupefied Worlds Press about...'Their famous - Do we or do we not have nuclear bombs Guessing Game?' Any wonder why all the countries in the region cannot take his sanity for granted and have to prepare for the worst?
8. U$A PHYLOSOPHY
XXX   (08.28.12)
TO CREATE YOU TROUBLES THEN TO SELL YOU SOLUTIONS.CLEVER? ... IGNORANTS!,LIGHT?...DARK!.THE MASK IS FALLING!
9. And in a few years American soldiers will
(08.28.12)
be fighting against these weapons. Both Saddam Hussein and the Mujahideen in Afghanistan were armed by the US government. All these wars had the purpose for the weapon and oil industry to make money; and the next war against Iran won't be any different.
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