Why Is Obama Arming the World?

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Why Is Obama Arming the World?

Posted by Peter Schweizer Mar 8th 2011 at 3:24 am in Economy, Featured Story, Obama, Weapons | Comments (39)

Jeff Abramson, deputy director of the Arms Control Association, recently told Fortune Magazine: “There’s an Obama arms bazaar going on.” And it’s no exaggeration. Obama has personally pushed for large weapons sales such as the $4 billion aircraft deal with Saudi Arabia. And the administration is also rewriting the rules that govern arms exports, which will in effect reduce oversight of weapons sales. In the middle of its extensive story on the defense industry Fortune magazine has a stunning statistic.

“Thanks to a surge in overseas demand, the F-15 and other aging U.S. weapons systems are hotter than they’ve been in years. The Department of Defense last year told Congress of plans to sell up to $103 billion in weapons to overseas buyers, a staggering rise from an average of $13 billion a year between 1995 and 2005, according to Deutsche Bank analyst Myles Walton. Signed agreements have tripled since 2000.” And they called Bush a militarist!

Nearly 50% of our arms sales go to the Middle East, a region now awash with violence and instability.




So why is Obama, who doesn’t seem to embrace the notion that a powerful military is a good thing, selling so many arms around the world?



For someone who critiqued the Bush Administration for relying too much on military capabilities and not enough on diplomacy, it is extremely ironic that Obama is leading the charge in the massive expansion of arms sales.

Why? It’s hard to not escape the conclusion that this is more about helping the economy than anything else. And that’s a cynical and dangerous approach to arms sales. Ultimately they should be about protecting us and our allies. Once you use it as an employment program, problems emerge. The temptation to make risky sales becomes great–all in the name of job creation. Perhaps this is another imitation of the French–who for years have been willing to sell weapons to just about anyone in the name of “commerce.”

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[reconeil]

THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

Neil

[Stick]

BARACK OBAMA
Quote:
"2009 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE: President Barack Hussein Obama
for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples
Background:
Born: August 4, 1961
Place of birth: Hawaii, United States
Nationality: United States
Biographical highlights:
1983 Graduates from Columbia University, Political Science, BA
1991 Graduates from Harvard Law School, Juris Doctor (J.D.)
1992 Marries Michelle Obama
1997-2004 Illinois State Senator
2005-2008 U.S. Senator
2008 Elected 44th President of the United States
2009 Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize"
See, if you sell all of your guns and ammo to the world then you must be trusting that the world ain't going to use them against you.
Right?

[reconeil]

Guess it fair saying that regarding Muslims, BHO is a man of his words.
About other matters & people,...eh? Mostly can't believe whichever side of mouth used.

Regardless, one must believe what: "His Barackness" wrote in his book: The Audacity of Hope?

Barry H.S. or Barack H.O.'s very own words of: "I will stand with Muslims should the winds change in an ugly direction",...SEZ-IT-ALL to any sane, sensible, open-minded and/or apolitical people.

Also, what's-the-big-deal about selling a FEW BILLION$ worth of F-15s to Staunch age old Ideologue FRIENDLIES(???), whom will not even permit openly displaying of little Star of David or Crosses on their sanctimoniously anti-Infidel & holy Islamic land, anyway?

Oh, and by the way Stick.
Why the big bio spread between 1961 birth & 1983 graduation from Columbia? Barack's lawyers paid dearly for hiding that info, also?

Nary a mention was made about teenager Barry SOETORO (2nd Illegitimate Father's name) attending radical Wahabi sect Muslim Madrassa School, while being raised in Indonesia.

Did the NOW Barack Hussein Obama II or Jr. merely just once go to Muslim Madrassa School,...orrrrrrrrrr did BHO actually graduate from same? Shouldn't Americans be at least told which?

Neil

[launcherman]

We've been selling arms to the world for years. Heck we sold the Iranians F-14 Tomcats. But if you examine it a bit closer, we don't sell them our good stuff (we're even holding back on the JSF tech) Its like a drag race. Once you've bought the new ferrari, you're willing to sell the other guy your camero.

[BLUEHAWK]

Current Rank	Supplier	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
1	United_States	7220	5694	5091	5596	6750	6600	7394	7658	6090	6795
2	Russia	3985	6011	5773	5202	6260	5321	6156	5243	6026	4469
3	Germany	1603	821	892	1697	1067	1875	2510	3002	2499	2473
4	France	1055	1270	1308	1288	2194	1633	1577	2342	1831	1851
5	United_Kingdom	1484	1257	915	617	1180	915	808	987	1027	1024
6	Spain	46	7	120	156	56	108	757	565	603	925
7	China	272	496	515	632	282	306	599	412	544	870
8	Israel	354	360	414	358	612	315	282	379	271	760
9	Netherlands	280	203	243	342	208	583	1221	1322	554	608
10	Italy	189	217	400	312	214	743	525	706	424	588
11	Sweden Sweden	46	830	185	515	305	537	417	367	457	353
12	Switzerland	176	193	157	174	250	267	306	324	467	270
13	Ukraine	288	661	244	430	202	281	557	799	269	214
14	Canada	110	129	170	255	268	235	231	343	236	177
15	South_Korea	8	165	N/A	104	29	48	94	228	80	163

[BLUEHAWK]

The units from that table are expressed in 1990s US millions of dollars.

[reconeil]

Thanks for all that: "Background" on Suspect of Intent & not very U.S. Citizen friendly, Obama.

Still, and just as NOT informed by most others (government & press informers inclusive) also, you too make no mention whatsoever of: "His Barackness" between birth in 1961 until graduating from Columbia in 1983.

Are Barry or Barack's young informative, friend making & belief fostering years between '61 & '83,...
really all that detrimental or all that bad publicly exposing?

Whatever,...a good 20 years kept under wraps by ANYONE certainly makes me wonder???

Guess I just don't easily accept being constantly deceived, lied & dictated to by a relatively unknown ruler, as most Americans obviously now easily & quite docile do? Never liked being BS'd by charlatans or phonies, either.

Neil