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2012 record breaking year for arms export
Yoav Zitun
Published: 23.07.13, 14:43
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1. Don't sell Iron Dome for now
Advice from Obama ,   USA   (07.23.13)
Wait until it's been proven and used in a real, all-out war (which is inevitable) and then, raise the price.
2. War is more profitable than peace.
Joe   (07.23.13)
3. Don't you wish "records" like that weren't needed?
Michael ,   California, USA   (07.23.13)
What is this quote about: "And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: ...". Take it from one that doesn't think Bible is anything but a collection of stale wisdoms. Is this wisdom 4,000 years old? Should be made into a must reading in Israel.
4. #2, Being prepared for war helps prevent it
Jake   (07.23.13)
Being fooled into a false peace breeds more war.
5. Jake, Are you prepared for illness? For paying taxes?
Michael ,   California, USA   (07.23.13)
Throwing empty slogans out makes the wind blow stronger, not? Better go out to the street and blow hard. Maybe it will sweep the street clean.
6. Michael , yes we are prepared for illness
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (07.23.13)
for paying taxes . Illness : by having visits to a doctor . Taxes : by putting some money aside . If you want to prevent war , be stronger than your opponents , they will fear to attack you . It's the armament race that prevented a direct war between the USA and the USSR
7. #1: iron dome was proven in war
david ,   new york   (07.23.13)
what do you think was going on with gaza? anyway, low grade conflicts are quite common and that is a war too
8. Charles, USSR & US waged a war of deterrence.
Michael ,   California, USA   (07.23.13)
Until they realized that they can live in peace with much more confidence. Now, when an American whistle blower wants an asylum in Russia, Putin tells him he will consider giving him shelter if he stops hurting America. Now Russia and US go through phases of mutual reduction in weaponry, dumping nuclear warheads. This is a much better deterrence: getting rid of weapons. The Asian countries which bought weapons from Israel in 2012 are smarter in 2013 and are no longer buying.
9. 8 . First they had weapons that AVOIDED a war
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (07.24.13)
Remember how the Cuba crisis was managed . The USSR fearing the USA . Mutual reduction of weapons ? do you realise that each of them had weapons able to destroy the world more than one time ? If you think that they trust each other , you are living on another planet . Get rid of weapons ? first of all you MUST trust your enemies . Smarter countries ? Less money is the reason . There are budget cuts , worldwide
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