Is it not ironic that the Administration that is calling for confiscation of guns from honest law abiding citizens in the United States is also the largest arms dealer in the world. Many Middle East countries purchase weapons from the U.S. which has become the prime supplier to the region after the 1991 Persian Gulf crisis, the report notes. In more recent years, concerns over Iran have contributed to further purchases in addition to military modernization programs. Reports range from 44 to 60% of arms sales generates from the United States to countries we are in conflict with.
In recent years, concerns over Iran have contributed to further purchases in addition to military modernization programs. Reports range from 44 to 60% of arms sales generates from the United States to countries we are in conflict with.
Every year, the U.S. Congressional Research Service releases an authoritative report looking at arms transfers to the developing world.The latest report (as of writing), released August 24, 2012, is titled Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 2003-2011 PDF formatted document.These reports are also known as the Grimmett Report, after the author, Richard F. Grimmett. They provide insight into where the arms are going. The following breakdowns are based on this report.
The United States and Japan played a chess match prior to the Pearl Harbor attack.
U.S. was fearful of Japan’s need for raw materials which was being used by the Imperial Army in their conquest of South East Asia. When it stopped, Japan struck and World War II in the Far East was under way.
Can you imagine if the U.S. still traded materials as the war was fought? What would have happened at home? The West is selling arms to countries in the middle east, for money that was earned by helping the oil region develop resources wanted by the west.
It really is fascinating, don’t you think?