08-24-2009, 08:57 PM
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----> Iron Mod <----
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United States Conventional Arms Sales Soar
 ... hat tip to DarrylS for the thread idea. Mikey says Obama = Bush ... hard to argue that. Gloom and doom from the media = increased arms sales.
UNITED STATES: NO TO NUKES, YES TO CONVENTIONAL ARMS
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In effect, Goldring told IPS, it seems to be "business as usual," as the U.S. predicts unprecedented arms sales in 2009.
According to the Pentagon, U.S. government-to-government sales are expected to exceed an estimated 40 billion dollars by the end of this year compared with 36.4 billion dollars in 2008.
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He said part of this is because these countries react to a perceived threat - for example, war against ?terrorism?, China?s ongoing modernisation, North Korea?s and Iran?s nuclear programmes, or ongoing operations in Afghanistan.
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