From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Tue Jul 30 2002 - 15:57:24 MDT
On 30 Jul 2002 at 15:27, Ben wrote:
> [Joe]
> I would like us to be more selective about to whom we sell our
> weapons, taking into account their form of government as well as
> whether or not it is tilting in our direction at the time. But having said
> that, every sovereign nation has the right to make or purchase arms to
> defend its citizens and borders.
>
> [ben]
> Or attack their neighbors. Or kill their own citizens. As long as somewhere
> in the ruckus, an American corporation makes money...
>
His attacking his neighbors, killing his own citizens with chemical
weapons, and attempting to manufacture and obtain weapons of mass
destruction are three reasons that we find Saddam Hussein's rule of
Iraq unacceptable. We will not sell weapons to him no matter how
much money an american corporation could profit from such a deal.
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> -ben
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