[lit-ideas] Re: Cook's Tour (4)
- From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 13:43:06 -0400
(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 didn't know how to put it any clearer, but I'll try again.
If an article says "the us is supplying israel with weapons" it could mean
that they are GIVING them, by using tax-payers money to buy weapons from US
arms dealers and then shipping them to israel free of charge OR it could
mean that they are just shipping them weapons (therefore being the original
place shipment) that they (Israel) has paid for. This is where I find a
trouble with the word "supplying" because I've seen it used both ways and
so many times that I no longer know which is which. I think there is a BIG
difference between selling weapons -- a legitimate business deal -- and
GIVING weapons -- an obvious political maneuver. That's all I meant. And,
in the case of Israel, it's probably both which is even more problematic.
not understanding a thing today,
p
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Paul Stone
pas@xxxxxxxx
Kingsville, ON, Canada
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