[lit-ideas] Re: Cook's Tour (4)
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 17:20:18 +0100
> I've never understood whether there is a CLEAR difference
between
> 'supplying' and 'selling' arms to a country. If the US was
GIVING (gratis)
> arms to a country, that would be a sort of 'patronage' whereas,
if a
> private company is 'selling' arms to a country, that's just
exporting isn't
> it? I think 'supplying' is used for both and because of that is
a quite a
> meaningless loaded word.
(I said "sends" re the US, "supplies" re the UK, which *sells*
arms to Israel. I assume it is "the US" not some private arms
company. "Loaded", I didn't see it as loaded at all. Frankly.)
I assume the arms are being sold. I Googled, and found this
http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms/reports/israel050602.html
(I don't know anything about worldpolicyorg, I'll see if I can
find
another source)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Stone" <pas@xxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 4:54 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Cook's Tour (4)
> At 11:40 AM 8/9/2006, you wrote:
> >sorry haven't had time to read all these Cook posts but did
notice this:
> >
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> >Helm: Perhaps this is a good point to note that Cook has
several times
> >lumped the US with Israel. In what sense has the US helped
Israel during
> >this war?
> ><<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> >
> >The US sends arms to Israel. They go via the UK (i.e. the
planes refuel at
> >one of our airfields) and a couple of weeks ago they did it
without informing
> >"us" (the requirement that they inform our govt is nothing to
do with
> >the current war), they've now apologised for that.
> >
> >(Hence my knowledge of their supplying arms. I think we
supply
> >arms parts -- helicopter parts -- rather than arms, but I
don't actually
> >know.)
>
> I've never understood whether there is a CLEAR difference
between
> 'supplying' and 'selling' arms to a country. If the US was
GIVING (gratis)
> arms to a country, that would be a sort of 'patronage' whereas,
if a
> private company is 'selling' arms to a country, that's just
exporting isn't
> it? I think 'supplying' is used for both and because of that is
a quite a
> meaningless loaded word.
>
> just quibbling,
> p
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