The figures given in the previous post are inaccurate. Apologies.
The reality is far more worrying.
The United States exports seven billion dollars worth of armaments annually. Second is Russia, which exports $4.5 billion of guns, tanks and weapons of destruction every year. Germany has moved into third place. China is the fifth largest exporter of arms.
Shocking statistics.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Featured Post
What about those bedecked with medals and admired?
Some weeks ago this blog wrote a piece on Patrick Radden Keefe’s book, ‘London Falling’. His book 'Say Nothing', a true story of mur...
-
In the current edition of the Irish Catholic David Quin writes about the controversy happening between US Catholic politicians and the US hi...
-
The story below is from The Irish Times of yesterday. The article is written by Arthur Beesley. On face value this is a shocking story and i...
-
A week down. I am 'working' here as a chaplain in a Caritas-run hospital in Berlin Hermsdorf. The stories, the faces, the smiles...
No comments:
Post a Comment