Selling Weapons and Losing Influence

WHEN NATION STATES manufacture expensive military weapons, they must either use them against an enemy, or sell them, to either a friend or enemy, in order to get any economic benefit from them, to get them to pay for themselves, which everything must. nations like the united states, russia, and france often utilize a combination of these means. often a fascinating and highly creative combination.

so russia appears to be doing now. russia has for decades been selling weapons to syria, and now, during the syrian civil war, is evidently transferring powerful gun ship helicopters to the assad government, and evidently these helicopters are killing protesters.

and it seems that the russians have told hillary clinton, repeatedly, that none of the weapons are being used internally, and no helicopters are being sold. hillary, bless her heart, is calling the russians, or rather the russian government, liars. and more power to her for it.

it is understandable why conservative republicans don't like hillary clinton. but give credit where credit is due;  she aint takin' no crap from the russian government with regard to their subsidizing civil war in syria, and profiting from it. their excuses are lame, and she tells them that. (she may get us in to war)
the economic collapse which resulted in the destruction of the soviet union twenty years ago is ongoing in russia, and selling weapons makes perfect sense. anything for a buck, or a ruble.

but this is totally over the edge. those of you in russia who read The Truthless Reconciler, and we know there are veritable hordes of you, must impose upon your putinistic government to help mr assad retire, and quickly. undoubtedly the united states would be happy to give him a villa in hawaii. obama has connections there.

it might even be nice if the big powerful rich nations of the earth would stop sucking the life out of small poor nations by selling them weapons. the rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and the world becomes an ever more  powerfully armed, divided, and violent neighborhood.

the russians should stab assad in the back, because when he falls, and is replaced, the replacements won't be very happy with russia, and, oh woe, another superpower loses influence abroad.

Bb

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