U.S. Weapons at War 2008

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* The United States is the world's top arms-supplying nation, having entered into over $32 billion in Foreign Military Sales (FMS) agreements in 2007-a nearly three-fold increase over 2005.

* During 2006 and 2007, the United States provided weapons and military training to over 174 states and territories, up from 123 states and territories in 2001, the first year of the Bush administration. While many of these transfers were relatively small deals completed under the commercial licenses granted by the State Department, a number of key countries of strategic significance were added and/or restored to the U.S. client list during the Bush years, including Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, and Liberia.


Table 1
U.S. Foreign Military Sales Agreements, FY 2002 through FY 2008 (dollars in billions)
FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008
$12.0 $12.6 $13.2 $9.6 $18.1 $19.1 $32.0
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4 comments // U.S. Weapons at War 2008

  • jh64487
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      jh64487  

    • Sweatshop Union

      The whole world's a sweatshop, a fascist regime/
      With billions of parts working as a massive machine/
      The goal, keep the masses passive between/
      Self, cash, limousines and other fabulous things/
      But, we gotta wake up and notice it's a load of shit/
      It's all about ownership of your soul and who's controllin' it/
      It's not about the gold you get, not about the clothes you're in/
      It's not about oil, but we're killing each other over it/
      Like a Doberman, chomping on a cat/
      It's a new world order, and they're bombin on Iraq/
      And it's so fucking heartless, the whole country's starved/
      And yet they've been targeted as a threat regardless/
      This all started in days prior to ours/
      They arrived from the stars, and survived in the dark/
      Now it's time for the hearts of men/
      To march against it/
      And realize that the cycle starts and ends with…

      Chorus:
      Us, we're the ones that paid for the bombs/
      Us, we built the planes that they're on/
      Us, it's insane all of the ways they conned us/
      But we can change it today, it's just all on/
      Us, we're the ones that paid for the bombs/
      Us, we built the planes that they're on/
      Us, it's insane all the ways we've been conned/
      Into killing millions of innocent people, but it's all on…
      Us.

      Trust me friends, it could never just be us, or just be them/
      Sometimes I think it just depends, it's just pretend/
      You can never trust the trends/
      Don't rub your eyes, I'd rather you'd adjust the lens/
      Look up to them? Tell me, who the fuck are they?
      When did they ever give a damn about what you say?
      For what you stand? That's why you gotta trust me man/
      Trust a Bush? That's like saying trust Sadam,/
      But for real, I mean you gotta love the fam/
      Ask his dad the ex-prez how many drugs he ran/
      So trust us, the shit's about to flood the land/
      Cause government hands can no longer plug the dam/
      So fuck the news, fuck the critics, fuck their views/
      And if you sit and let it happen then fuck you too/
      It's up to you, I can't tell you what to do/
      But touch the truth, and don't just judge the few/
      But judge…
      US

    • 1 year ago
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  • pjacobs51
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      pjacobs51  

    • The CIA gets the war started, then we sell both sides the weapons, it's money in the bank for the Military Industrial Complex.

      Bummer, on a global scale.

    • 1 year ago
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