As I've been telling my readers for many years, despite the US Government's
claim of promoting peace, freedom, democracy and civil rights around the
world, and despite the American people's claim of being the most Christian
nation on Earth, the simple truth of the matter is that America's biggest
export is NOT peace; it is NOT freedom and democracy; it is NOT even the
Christian Gospel; it is, and always has been, terrible weapons of war.

It is an established fact that the US Government earns literally billions
and billions of dollars every single year by selling a vast array of
destructive weapons which kill people, to other nations. Sadly, THIS is
America's true legacy, and not these other things. In short, America makes
it easier for the rest of the world to kill itself. Now how sad is that?!

Furthermore, in spite of the fact that the US Government earns so much
money, it ignores the most basic needs of its own people. There is no
government-run universal health care; and what there is, is totally
insufficient. There are millions of homeless people. There are millions of
people without jobs. There are millions of people who can't get a decent
education. And on and on the list goes.

Jesus said "Blessed are the peacemakers" and NOT "Blessed are the
warmongers"...and when you sell so many evil weapons to other nations, that
is exactly what you are...a warmonger!  :(

Following is an enlightening article from the New York Times:


Despite Slump, U.S. Role as Top Arms Supplier Grows

By THOM SHANKER - NYT

September 6, 2009


WASHINGTON -- Despite a recession that knocked down global arms sales last
year, the United States expanded its role as the world's leading weapons
supplier, increasing its share to more than two-thirds of all foreign
armaments deals, according to a new Congressional study.

The United States signed weapons agreements valued at $37.8 billion in 2008,
or 68.4 percent of all business in the global arms bazaar, up significantly
from American sales of $25.4 billion the year before.

Italy was a distant second, with $3.7 billion in worldwide weapons sales in
2008, while Russia was third with $3.5 billion in arms sales last year --
down considerably from the $10.8 billion in weapons deals signed by Moscow
in 2007.

The growth in weapons sales by the United States last year was particularly
noticeable against worldwide trends. The value of global arms sales in 2008
was $55.2 billion, a drop of 7.6 percent from 2007 and the lowest total for
international weapons agreements since 2005.

The increase in American weapons sales around the world "was attributable
not only to major new orders from clients in the Near East and in Asia, but
also to the continuation of significant equipment and support services
contracts with a broad-based number of U.S. clients globally," according to
the study, titled "Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations."

The annual report was produced by the nonpartisan Congressional Research
Service, a division of the Library of Congress. Regarded as the most
detailed collection of unclassified global arms sales data available to the
general public, it was delivered to the House and Senate on Friday, ready
for members' return from the Labor Day recess.

The overall decline in weapons sales worldwide in 2008 can be explained by
the reluctance of many nations to place new arms orders "in the face of the
severe international recession," wrote Richard F. Grimmett, a specialist in
international security at the Congressional Research Service and author of
the study.

Mr. Grimmett's report stated that the growth of weapons sales by the United
States was "extraordinary" in a time of global recession and resulted from
new arms deals as well as the sustained cost of maintenance, upgrades,
ammunition and spare parts to nations that bought American weapons in the
past.

In the highly competitive global arms market, nations vie for both profit
and political influence through weapons sales, in particular to developing
nations, which remain "the primary focus of foreign arms sales activity by
weapons suppliers," according to the study.

Weapons sales to developing nations reached $42.2 billion in 2008, only a
nominal increase from the $41.1 billion in 2007.

The United States was the leader not only in arms sales worldwide, but also
in sales to nations in the developing world, signing $29.6 billion in
weapons agreements with these nations, or 70.1 percent of all such deals.

The study found that the larger arms deals concluded by the United States
with developing nations last year included a $6.5 billion air defense system
for the United Arab Emirates, a $2.1 billion jet fighter deal with Morocco
and a $2 billion attack helicopter agreement with Taiwan. Other large
weapons agreements were reached between the United States and India, Iraq,
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, South Korea and Brazil.

Russia was far behind in 2008 with $3.3 billion in weapons sales to the
developing world, about 7.8 percent of all such agreements. The report says
that while Russia continues to have China and India as its main weapons
clients, Russia's new focus is on arms sales to Latin American nations, in
particular to Venezuela.

France was third with $2.5 billion in arms sales to developing nations, or
about 5.9 percent of weapons deals with these countries.

The top buyers in the developing world in 2008 were the United Arab
Emirates, which signed $9.7 billion in arms deals; Saudi Arabia, which
signed $8.7 billion in weapons agreements; and Morocco, with $5.4 billion in
arms purchases.

The study uses figures in 2008 dollars, with amounts for previous years
adjusted for inflation to give a constant financial measurement.



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