The late great Tony Benn, spot on as usual , check out the following video where he talks about arms sales to the middle east, make you think.
It should be noted that serving in Egypt during Britain's colonial days he witnessed the cruel effects of the British Empire. The speech I post below that he delivered to the house of commons in November 1992 sadly still has so much relevance to us today. At the moment the profiteers of pain and sorrow, the arms manufacturers are seeing their deadly trade boom.
It should also be noted that ISIS strength in power arose after the destruction of Iraq and Syria, largely funded by selling oil on the black market and by using weapons left by Americans in the Iraq war, and then in Syria used to fight Bashar al- assad.
I do not understand how more violence will help the situation, but sadly the ones clamouring for war seem to have the loudest voices at the moment.We should not succumb to fear being stirred up at moment but must keep pushing for peaceful solutions to the massive problems we are currently facing.
Tony Benn - Arms sales to Iraq
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