Appeasement / immunity do not work.

Wednesday October 16, 2002 11:21

by Joe McG

Get the war mongers.

If you or I gave a dollar or a bullet to Saddam or the C-IRA we'd spend a long time in the nick. Why then are we taking no action against the people who armed Hitler, Hussein, Bin Laden and countless other cronies?

if we do not punish these people then they will continue to get rich arming the next bunch of Hitlers and Husseins.

Why are Thatcher, Major, bush Snr, Cheney etc... not in jail for arming a nutter like Saddam?
why are the companies that sold him weapons still free to sell weapons to other nutters?

Weapons kill people. even without ebing fired, people who have them run rough-shod over the unarmed. And by allowing the arms trade we destroy people's democracy and human rights.

Today's ally is tomorrow's enemy.
Sell F-14 to Iran, then Iran changes, so arm Iraq to smach Iran.
then Iraq becomes the bad guy.

... more weapons, more profits... yet no prosecutions.

There are 50-60 arms companies in Ireland.
Each plays a part in the death of civilians in the third world. (parts for mines, APCs, missiles, attack choppers)
We let it slide. We CAN'T let it slide.

The government here pretends to be unaccountable for these deaths, even as they issue export licenses for the weapons (and get taxes on the profits)

Let's hold them accountable.
No third world dictator would last a year without being propped up with arms and finance.

Read Amnesty or AfrI's reports on the arms trade, demand action from your political 'masters'.

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contact CAAT for info on arms trade stuff

by iosaf = o as if

Wed Oct 16, 2002 13:49

iosaf at email dot com

Campaign Against Arms Trade online - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Descripción: Campaigns for the reduction and ultimate abolition of the international arms trade and the UK's role...
Categoría: Society > Issues > Warfare and Conflict > Disarmament
www.caat.org.uk/ - 2k - En caché - Páginas similares
or you may go to
http://www.newint.org
the home page of new internationalist magazine which provides info on arms production.
Irish arms production is kept pretty hidden and EU legislation means most parts deemed particularly nasty are made by EU companies outside the EU. Turkey is a key producer.
CAAT will help you with info packs and resources and then check http://www.corpwatch.org for more info on arms producers most of whom are listed as "aviation" companies.
I personally think if the soldier types want weapons then let them have them, its the use of their toys that appals me.

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Appeasement / immunity do not work.

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