Recently Americans protested the building of the Mosque at ground zero because they are afraid the Muslims are going to take over America. The Muslims who are building the Culture Center at Ground Zero were not involved in 9-11. However there were mostly Saudi Arabian Muslims who were guilty of attacking the U.S. on 9-11. Osama bin Laden is probably hiding out in Saudi Arabia where The U.S. is not allowed to do an investigation. The Saudi Dictator has one of the worst Human Rights records. I think it is as bad if not worse than Iraq's.When the Saudis,who probably made a deal, got their terrorist in Gitmo free, they treated them like VIP on return. They have be-headings in the public square. Their women are oppressed. Does anyone think that Saudi Arabia would ever protect Infidels against Muslims? Where are the protesters who were going to burn the Koran and who opposed the building of the Mosque? America must retool from the leading producers and dealers of weapons of death and destruction to products that help the common good. We need an economy that does not depend on building and dealing weapons.I did not see any Drones being sold to the Saudis but that will be next. Will all this National Security Risk be worth 75,000 jobs for a while?

Since one of the few things still manufactured in the USA: weapons and weapons systems this will create much needed jobs and add to the GDP numbers. Great News!

And what's more, we will be supplying one of the world's shining beacons of Democracy and Human Rights- Saudi Arabia.

Now, how much did we give Israel? They need some more military give-aways from the US taxpayer. It is never enough you know.

US "disengagement" and "burden sharing" does bring to mind Vietnameization and Iraqization, and almost surely it will work just about as well as both of those "wonderful" schemes did.

AD

US "disengagement" and "burden sharing" does bring to mind Vietnameization and Iraqization, and almost surely it will work just about as welll as both of those "wonderful" schemes did.

AD

Those weapons are intended solely for killing, crippling and otherwise abusing human beings.

I don't understand what makes so many people think that violence is a viable tool in dealing with human beings.

We are the biggest weapons marketers in the world, but not the only ones.

A French official at a meeting in Ghent scolded the European Union nations for not being sufficiently armed for war. He warned that they will not be prepared to stand up to China or the US. I suspect there must be lobbyists for the high tech French armaments industry behind this, trying to boost sales. The French war industry, which is strong on high tech and planes, has recently developed some new product, and now needs to move it.

Presumably the EU nations are frittering away their money on education, health care, on subsidizing untainted local food, on peacetime R&D, maintaining a good rail system and such. I suggest the French counter China by producing quality goods and paying living wages. I suggest they counter the US by telling the truth and staying off our lap. That spot is reserved for Blair and Brown. I suggest they tell those who want Europe to spend more money on stuff for killing - don't knock on my door, pushy salesman.

Joe