[lit-ideas] Re: Cook's Tour (4)
- From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 10:07:45 -0700 (PDT)
Even if the weapons are sold by private companies in
the US, they are paid for by the money that the US
government gives Israel as military aid.
I also haven't had time to read all of Lawrence's
posts on this and I am not sure that I will. These
things are well-known to anyone reads newspapers and
are hardly in need of proving.
O.K.
--- Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
>
> ##########
> Paul Stone
> pas@xxxxxxxx
> Kingsville, ON, Canada
>
>
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