"To proliferate or not to proliferate, that is the question."
It might as well be a game of hot potato or musical chairs or hide and seek. And it's no secret either.
PROBLEM 1:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091213/ap_on_re_as/as_thailand_weapons;_ylt=AjwaRwLXDoXXJowrb.u53MAUewgF;_ylu=X3oDMTM4bDZqc2JmBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMjEzL2FzX3RoYWlsYW5kX3dlYXBvbnMEY2NvZGUDbW9zdHBvcHVsYXIEY3BvcwM1BHBvcwM1BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDbmtvcmVhbndlYXBv
CONNECTS TO PROBLEM 2:
http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2006/11/13/us_is_top_purveyor_on_weapons_sales_list/
http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2009/09/09/us-weapons-sold-human-rights-violatorsundemocratic-nations
To be fair, the United States is not the only hypocrite:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,577345,00.html
And everyone is doing it. So what does this say about those countries that too often get portrayed as the sole bad guys? Who is really right, and who is really wrong? It's a matter of perspective. Everyone is just as wrong as they are right. Innocent lives are extinguished while the debate goes on, so everyone is to blame.
An article gets written here and there, and maybe a movie like "Lord of War" gets made. Anti-war demonstrators march every once in a while, and maybe some legislation gets passed. Yet, nothing really changes.
*American S.A.M's once went to Bin Laden to fight against Russia, and he knocked down the Twin Towers. And Russia receantly attacked Georgia, both actions to which the U.S. now stands opposed.
*The Iran/Contra affair - Now Iran is a major political problem.
*Saddam, Khadafi, Castro...etc.
Who's next on the list? Pakistan? I guess we'll just have to wait and see...
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