Weapons sales by the United States tripled in 2011 to a record high, driven by major arms sales to Persian Gulf allies concerned about Iran’s regional ambitions, according to a new study for Congress.
Overseas weapons sales by the United States totaled $66.3 billion last year, or more than three-quarters of the global arms market, valued at $85.3 billion in 2011. Russia was a distant second, with $4.8 billion in deals.
The American weapons sales total was an “extraordinary increase” over the $21.4 billion in deals for 2010, the study found, and was the largest single-year sales total in the history of United States arms exports. The previous high was in fiscal year 2009, when American weapons sales overseas totaled nearly $31 billion.
A worldwide economic decline had suppressed arms sales over recent years. But increasing tensions with Iran drove a set of Persian Gulf nations — Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Oman — to purchase American weapons at record levels.
God, you have to admire this guy.
Together with his partners in the Israeli government, they've succeeded in setting a world record in lining the pockets of merchants of death, by claiming a country that has not invaded a neighbor during the 20th or 21st centuries is an existential threat to all mankind.
2 comments:
Hey, Phil. Great stuff. But Guess What? I'm working my fat ass off to get this guy re-elected. I might slip off into nihilism or 3rd party stupidity is it weren't for the likes of Likud Party Sugar Daddy, Sheldon Adelson pledging $100 M to dump Obama and the fact that the bulk of Iran War-Mongers are part of Romney's kitchen cabinet. http://www.policymic.com/articles/3662/warning-mitt-romney-s-advisers-are-george-bush-neocons-calling-for-war-with-iran
Lesser of evils? You bet'cha...
Elstun W. Lauesen
Elstun,
Glad you are exercising your right to vote for the candidate you have judged best.
I would rather jump off a cliff than vote for the GOP, and gave hundreds of dollars last week to REAL Democrats, along with my wife.
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