I read an article in the paper today that definitely presents an ethical issue. The article discusses the Bush Administration's increase in sales of U.S. Military weapons. Apparently, so far this fiscal year, weapons sales have soared to $32 billion. This is up from 12 billion in 2005. The United States is currently exporting weapons to Iraq, Afghanistan, Northern Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. I am not an expert on the alliances we have formed throughout the world, but the claim that weapons exports will "build a more secure world" seems absurd. I can see how aiding an ally in need could be a useful military strategy, but helping other countries build an arsenal that could potentially used against us is frightening. Anyway let me know what you all think.
Mark
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it's more a corruption problem i will say. I wonder were all that money goes to? You guys should watch Lord of War with Nicolas Cage, it's about guns traffic.
I agree this is a frightening statistic and am very surprised that the Bush administration would export weapons to countries that it views as enemies. Also, since when has a US administration been in the business of arms trade? I would have to agree with Teodora that this must be corruption and would hope that it is nothing that the administration has direct knowledge of.
The claim that weapons exports will "build a more secure world" does seem nonsense. We are still where we were at economically before the sales of weapons increase by 12 billion. So why export more weapons abroad to our potential enemies in the near future? This does seem more and more like a corruption problem.
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