on 911 the US will host an Arms Fair and tax payers will foot the bill

[ElsewheresDaughter]

http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0908-04.htm

On September 11, the defense industry will be commemorating those who died in New York two years ago with a gala dinner in a central London hotel. Here, the world's best weapons makers will be breaking gourmet bread with the world's best weapons buyers, discussing future deals in the safety of a private event, guarded by police lines. The gala dinner is the highlight of Europe's biggest arms fair, Defense Systems and Equipment International (DSEI), a five-day weapons expo held in London's Docklands. Indeed, such is the extent of the event's glitziness that the defense secretary, Geoff Hoon, will be its starring guest speaker.


The gala date, says Alan Sharman, director general of the Defense Manufacturers Association,the organizers, is pure coincidence. Even if it had not been a coincidence, he says, it would not have been an issue, since a weapons expo dinner is no different from a motor or boat show dinner (his examples). You'd only think it a problem, says Sharman, if you had a problem with the arms fair.


Well, OK then, I do have a problem with the arms fair. For a start, with the fact that Britain, under a government allegedly committed to an ethical foreign policy, is playing host to an exhibition selling arms to whichever nation wants to buy them. It doesn't matter how you treat your people, how much buying weapons eats into your country's budget, who you have a conflict with or what you are using those weapons for - if you're able to buy, Britain will open the doors to its arms supermarket for you

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we are a sick nation...really evil ....sigh

[MrBenchley]

1. Ummm...it's going to be in London

this is a reprint of a story from a British paper, and the taxpayers getting stuck directly are Brits....

But it's still shameful..and you know the Bu$h crime family's Carlyle will be front and center....