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Telling good guns from bad – Just ask Uncle Sam

Published: 10 February, 2012, 10:57
Edited: 10 February, 2012, 17:21


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Amid fresh rebel atrocities, US criticism is ringing of arms sales to Syria are ringing hollow as weapons Washington sells to Authoritarian Gulf regimes fall within reach of the Free Syrian Army.

 
16 COMMENTS
The rebels are using February 10, 2012, 11:04 quote
-1

Wood stocked AK47s.  America doesn't make those.  Old ones too.

Mayarodina February 10, 2012, 11:10 quote
+16

When one of the advisors of Richard Nixon said, "Mr.President, Anastasio Somoza is a real Vitch of a dictator"

Nixon answered "I know, I know, but he is OUR son of a Vitch"

Peace (unregistered) February 10, 2012, 11:39 quote
-1

Peace, freedom... A luxury for some....
I look to the world for brotherhood, those who would preach, in the name of God, peace.
Yet I have found few.....
Many however, speak of the evils of the west. It is easy to accuse another of evil, without implicating ones self
So what is evil?
You claim Imperialists, even Zionists.
At the same time they claim terrorists.
The difference?
None.
Evil begets Evil.
Before you comment, prior to your negative remark; look upon yourself.
Are you better than what you hate?
The American people seek answers. There are laws governed by men, upheld by the people. Laws that do not allow what it is you claim.
If these crimes have been commited, then we ask of proof, not propaganda.
Reveal them, all of them, not in the west or the east; but everywhere.
They will be tried, if not by us; then in front of God.
Proof, not propaganda.
Lay down your guns, pick up your books.
There is a much more effective way to fight.
Find the laws that have been broken, prove it.
The guilty will pay.
If not here, then in the next.
I will continue to preach brotherhood amongst hateful men.
If I save even one of you, then I have done God's will.
Will you join me in prayer for the children of this world? Or will you hate me, because I seek peace?

MikeNZ February 10, 2012, 11:43 quote
+18

We all know where the rebels weapons came from - and their cell phones.

I almost lost bowl control reading that woman's comments.

marc (unregistered) February 10, 2012, 12:33 quote
+14

Look up:  THE SPEECH THAT GOT JFK KILLED

sa-sha February 10, 2012, 13:44 quote
+25

"The US says Russia’s arms sales to the Syrian government breach morality."---
I like it. After Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Vietnam....Afghanistan, Irak, Libya, after
the current heavy supplies of arms to the "rebels" in Syria, these simple & honest US guys speak about "morality". Their tongue and their brain work separately from each other, while their conscience (if there is) keeps silence...as well as
Western mass-media.

Eurasian February 10, 2012, 14:03 quote
+13

RT brings up another good point - just as the twisted perception they try to inject into the minds of the people “good guys and the bad guys”:

Yes we have seen it already in action in over 60 countries since the WWII, haven’t we? Napalm, cluster bombs, DIME, white phosphors, radioactive, etc, etc, etc, are “the good guns” those that do “the good” job for them. And now they want to hide their dastardly criminal bombards under the guise of some “smart bombs” - as if would be that “smart” enough to distinguish a soldier from a civilian, woman, a child.

We all know what guns are designed for, question is for what purpose and how being used.

And look WHO IS preaching again on the "high moral" horse...

Jeffrey February 10, 2012, 14:06 quote
+16

The Syrian state is about to get blown to pieces and theAmerican Empires grip on the middle east tightens.

Who is disgusting? 

The very countries that preach freedom and liberty have more blood on theirhands than Hitler, Stalin and Mao combined.  Whereas some men commitcrimes in the name of ideology the american empire and its little dog britainhave been stripping the world of wealth for far too long.  From murderingentire indigenous populations, killing Afrikaner civilians in concentrationcamps, slavery, mass murder of indian and chinese indentured labour, burning Koreanvillagers with napalm, burning more civilians in Vietnam, use of chemicalweapons such as agent orange against civilians, bombing woman and children inBelgrade, raping school girls in Japan, driving over more children in Korea,inciting sectarian violence in Arab nations, fuelling ruthless insurgencies inSouth America, propping up dictators in some parts of the world, assassinating otherswithout any legal mandate,  annexingterritory of sovereign nations and recognizing their illegal statehood.  

I hope that the Germans and the Japanese revise theirconstitutions and take their rightful place in this world.  Their occupation by the American empire needsto end and they need to be given seats on the UNSC.   If this does not happen I fear the rapid dogthe American empire will lead us all into WW3

paulinru February 10, 2012, 15:32 quote
+5

There are laws that the American people follow, but United States Government officials have place themselves above the law with no accountability for the banking and wall street fraud a the continues activities of massive killing throughout the world just to keep its worthless paper currency alive.  If I had the choice of being paid in U.S. dollar or gold and silver, I would take the gold or silver.  The U.S dollar is just paper and has the same value as toilet paper!
It is hard to give the American people proof when the media is nothing more than propaganda.  If you study the ownership of media the people who work in this field and their relationships in government, oil and military and their source of funding by the to big to fail bankers you understand why these War Criminals are not being charged and prosecuted.
Bloomberg on the 12th of April 2011 reported the following: “The U.S. Defense Department expects fiscal year 2011 arms exports to exceed $46 billion, driven by demand for aircraft and air-defense systems, a defense official said today.”

RTrocks February 10, 2012, 15:50 quote
+9

The hypocrisy is almost laughable... if it weren't so real.

SWN February 10, 2012, 17:04 quote
+10

The rebels are using wrote in #1

Wood stocked AK47s.  America doesn't make those.  Old ones too.

It seems that some idiots do not know that AK47 are manufactured in Israel, USA and Canada. Tens of thousands.

bert February 10, 2012, 18:06 quote
-1

The only thing RT is doing is blaming the USA and the West of what Russia is doing now concerning Syria.

Putin who is stating the right of self determination of people in lots of public statements. But where does that right start and where does it end?

That's the real issue. And that's difficult for evey leader of every nation.

They are using February 10, 2012, 23:04 quote
-5

old AKs

freedom fighter February 10, 2012, 23:46 quote
-1

talking about policing the internet i cant even speak my mind on here what a joke. RT.com does not allow insulting and obscene words in comments. Please edit your comment, otherwise it cannot be published. 

владимир February 11, 2012, 08:55 quote
+2

The doctrine is arming foreign armies which would run your war some day, so you dont have to do transport in the right moment. So, they were selling arms to the Middle East for 50 yrs, and now they are going to use it for thier own ongoing purposes, beside foreign armies has nothing to do with it. Pure evil.

Tan February 12, 2012, 10:28 quote
+3

Geo-politics is the same everywhere... the problem is that the russians thought that they can live with the west in peace... but they forgot that the west considers russia as the main rival... even more so than china.
the cold war have always been around...just that the russian leaders before putin is not savvy enough to note it... putin is the smart one but i am not sure whether it is too late to stop the west from devouring the middle east

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