Yeah, That's a Good Idea As we prepare to go to war against one, maybe two countries, lead by one, maybe two crazy dictators who may sell weappons to our enimies, The Bush administration is preparing to do the exact same thing.
Administration may loosen weapons sale controls
The Bush administration is contemplating perhaps the most fundamental changes in decades to regulations regarding the sale by U.S. companies of missiles, tanks, warships and other military hardware to foreign governments. ...
Of course, we would never sell arms to a country that secretly developed weapons of mass destruction to use against a long-time American ally, a country that has played a role in arming and training the Taliban and Al-Qaida. Would we?
After the Sept. 11 attacks, the Bush administration lifted restrictions on military aid and arms sales to Pakistan, Schroeder noted. They?d been put in place for several reasons, including Pakistan?s testing of nuclear bombs in 1998. Administration funding requests for Pakistan, which include grants to buy American-made defense items, soared from a few million dollars in fiscal 2001 to more than $1 billion the following year, Schroeder said.
Not that American weapons ever get into the wrong hands. Do they?
Concerns about exports to potentially hostile countries crescendoed in 1998, when American satellite manufacturers sold their technology to companies with ties to the Chinese military. A political firestorm ensued and civilian communications satellites were moved from a Commerce Department export list, which encouraged their sale, to the State Department?s restricted munitions list. The administration?s review applies to that list.
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