US arms sales spike to record levels, Gulf leading buyer

The world may be terrified of a potential war with Iran, but for arms producers - tensions fear is good business. So it is for the Unites States. According to a recent Congressional Research Service report, within just one year the US has tripled its arms sales and half of what US sold last year went to Gulf states.

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[Caleb G.]

Robinson Ray I hope you're being sarcastic.

[last808]

Israel didn't even exist until 1948. 

[RWT683]

Braun is German for Brown. (And pronounced the same, NOT "brawn") I think it is as common as Brown is in the Anglophone world. There could be some Jews who had that name, but it is not a specifically jewish name. Anybody who worked for Hitler (Eva Braun was originally assistant to Hitler's photographer) had their background thoroughly investigated. There's no evidence Eva Braun or Hitler had jewish background.

[CHUCKYOU FARLEY]

That's because the US makes the best arms in the world.

[ekaepnosaj]

Who are you? This is not even a reply to my comment. You need time to educate. I'm sorry for bothering you.

[trvth1s]

USA system isn't perfect but its the best there has ever been, you can't move forward without a direction thats better, and that does not exist todate.

You complain about the current world system but everything else has been far worse. Before, empires killed far more people then today and with ethnicity as an excuse [not like today which is more political].

Back in the day, tyrants could kill tens of thousands of their civilians without reprisal, today you only c this in the middle east.

[ekaepnosaj]

No nation has ever had a democracy on this planet. You can't have a democracy without equal purchasing power. So the real question is dose one even want a democracy? Democracy is ten white men hanging a black man, or vice versa. The idea that the majority should make decisions for the minority is a bullshit concept. Lets use our brains and please move forward for a change. It's more like 300 years of corruption or 300 years of creating a mob like mentality.

[subbie241]

This is the truth.

[tomitstube]

this is not good. the reporting is good, the implication of what's next is not.