[Peace-discuss] Arming the World for Peace?

Wed Oct 23 19:16:34 UTC 2013

Armageddon is a transliterary error and connotation -

There is no H sound in koine' greek,
so Har Megiddo (the valley of Megiddo)
the site of a great battle,
becomes Armageddon, and something else in the minds of the people.

On 10/24/13 1:43, Karen Aram wrote:
> Signed and posted on FB, but sometimes I feel like I'm six dealing 
> with classmates. Arming the World for Peace?
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> Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:55:14 +0000
> Subject: [Peace-discuss] Arming the World for Peace?
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> Already, the United States dominates world weapons sales, accounting 
> for *78%* of such sales in 2011.[1] Russia is in second place with 5.6%.
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> Already, U.S. weapons sales are dominated by arms transactions in *the 
> Middle East*, funneling weapons to such violators of human rights as 
> Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Israel.
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> Many weapons sales involve gifts of dollars from the U.S. government 
> to a foreign government that turns around and buys from U.S. weapons 
> makers. (A different mode is in effect with the U.S. simply giving 
> weapons to the rebels in Syria.)
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> Governments fall, and alliances change, but the weapons remain. 
> U.S.-supplied weapons wind up on *both sides of conflicts*, often used 
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> ProPublica reports that "critics, including some who've worked on 
> enforcing arms export laws, say the changes could undermine efforts to 
> prevent arms *smuggling to Iran* and others."[4]
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> What is the up-side to risking such horrors and fueling so much 
> violence? Nothing but profits for a few unscrupulous profiteers!
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> 1. /Congressional Research Service: /Conventional Arms Transfers, 
> 2004-2011 
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