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Related: About this forumAmericas #1 Weapons Salesman: Trump Promotes U.S. Arms Manufacturers & Weakens Export Rules
Democracy NOW! 4/18/2018It should not be legal to do this. IMO.
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Americas #1 Weapons Salesman: Trump Promotes U.S. Arms Manufacturers & Weakens Export Rules (Original Post)
Equinox Moon
Apr 2018
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Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)1. It used to be
that we manufactured arms to fight wars to protect our liberty.
Now we manufacture wars in order to sell arms.
What is wrong with this picture. Dwight D Eisenhower must be spinning in his grave. I seem to remember him warning us against the Military-Industrial Complex.
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)2. How is this different from thugs selling weapons on the streets?
None, except bigger and more money.
This should be something for congress to approve or not. The president (any USA president) has too much power.
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)3. I don'r see any difference, except economics of scale.
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)4. Yep