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2011-04-21 Africa North

Arms exports show apparent hypocrisy of German foreign policy

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Posted by tipper 2011-04-21 08:26|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Apparently, a lot of people won't be happy till the Germans are running tanks and marching in other people's countries again. Two hundred years of militarism and two world wars aren't enough. It's the same self appointed ruling caste with a blind eye to the 100 million dead upon the hands of socialism in the 20th Century as well. Germany is not alone. A good number of countries sale arms or at least try to compete in the market but don't participate in actual conflict.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-04-21 09:20|| 2011-04-21 09:20|| Front Page Top

#2 I don't understand the problem. We should adopt the same policy as the Germans.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2011-04-21 09:23|| 2011-04-21 09:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Lets just say Israel lost my support. Not lifting a finger anymore to defend them.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-04-21 10:47|| 2011-04-21 10:47|| Front Page Top

#4 I feel strongly that we are doing it wrong.
A few Nukes and leave the ruins alone for a few years, If they dont "Quit that" then nuke them into the stone age, recheck in a few years.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2011-04-21 10:48|| 2011-04-21 10:48|| Front Page Top

#5 DimPebbles, what are you talking about? Someone posts unsupported speculation and you're willing to condone genocide against a free, Western nation?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2011-04-21 12:12|| 2011-04-21 12:12|| Front Page Top

#6 Rob, Bright Pebbles posted the below article today (P.2, Israel):

Israel 'supplied arms to Argentina during Falklands War'

Posted by trailing wife 2011-04-21 12:17|| 2011-04-21 12:17|| Front Page Top

#7 I've got a sneaking suspicion that Israel is also supplying Gadhafi

If true, it would be amusing, given Gaddafi's (whether pro forma or deeply-felt) fulminations against the Zionist entity.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-04-21 13:53|| 2011-04-21 13:53|| Front Page Top

#8 Bright Pebbles before you open your mouth, you should, at the very least, look on the volume of UK weapon trade with Arabs.

p.s. Personally, I'm going to miss your support---were would Israel be without the support of our British friends?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-04-21 13:56|| 2011-04-21 13:56|| Front Page Top

#9 And what will we think if an EADS missile takes out a Brit helicopter or FO? I was just thinking about the amount of weapon system proliferation going on - from small arms and equipment ($25 us equipment to team rebel, how long before that stuff shows up elswhere like a fast furious), to warships, to wmd technology. What I do find interesting is that Europeans and many leftists in America demand you have few if any firearms, yet have no qualms about arming the masses of other nations.

Tipper, is that a suggestion that with a Team Daffy win, Libya II would force Egypt II look westward instead of a concentration towards Israel?

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-04-21 14:31|| 2011-04-21 14:31|| Front Page Top

#10 Lets just say Israel lost my support. Not lifting a finger anymore to defend them.

Not the same thing at all. The Falklands are an isolated outpost of empire. John Glubb, who was subsequently appointed KCB in 1956 for his efforts, is the guy who single-handedly created Israel's West Bank problem back in 1948 - a problem that has cost the lives of thousands of Israelis since then, and essentially excised a fifth of Israel's tiny land area.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-04-21 14:32|| 2011-04-21 14:32|| Front Page Top

#11 Bottom line - Sir John Bagot Glubb is the reason that cities with names like Bethlehem and Jericho are in Muslim hands.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-04-21 14:40|| 2011-04-21 14:40|| Front Page Top

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