We Can Disarm the World
The Second Iraq War occurred after a long series of errors and failures in the Middle East driven by the aim of making it a big market for western weapons. It had oil wealth, and in the 1960s and 1970s the US and UK especially began pushing arms sales. The US had already sold lots of arms to Iran under the Shah and the aim was to keep some control over the oil supplies from the region.
We Can Disarm the World
We Can Disarm the World
A. Hitler and Appeasement. Even now around the world, “appeasement” is seen as the argument againstdisarmament and world peace. People vaguely see disarmament as the cause of War. The world now understands militarism…
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Russia and the Ukraine. It is sad that we not only do not understand our enemies, but also that we cannot, because we are so self-righteous and indoctrinated. Russia has been wronged badly and deliberately and we do not…
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Those who go to War promise success. They pretend the War will work. They hype up soldiers, require patriotism, demonize enemies and talk up their weapons. The arms people have been working at this for decades. Buy…
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