Comments on: Iran Buys Surplus U.S. Military Hardware

Investigation Finds Military Auctions Are "Supermarket For Arms Dealers"

[jt92202]

j-whitman - I understand this has nothing to do with Bush or Clinton, I am just making a point to those who continually blame them that it doesn't have anything to do with them. I am just getting tired of hearing the blaming from everyone!! But I do believe it is the governments responsibility to keep an eye on what is going on with this hardware so reality tells me someone needs to be watching over the dept that is doing the selling and they are not watching anything but maybe thier bank accounts!!

r_bayless - I'm not sure who you complain to since no one really listens to us. BUT most of these people can be fired by the people if people would just vote some of these people out of office. Maybe that would show the government we are tired of all of thier tricks and unethical ways. Vote for the best person not just who you hear most about!! Some of these people in office should not be there either for being unethical or too old!! We need to weed these people out and set higher standards for them and our country!!

[j-whitman]

It is solely civil service workers & supervisors creating this problem & has been going on for years... Only 1 inspector general for the entire USA --- & nothing to do with Dems or Repubs.

[j-whitman]

r bayless,, I was just a temp. for 4 years at DRMO San Diego.. My job was keeping these items off of public sales... I'd pull W-88 Nuclear Warhead test sets off to, night vision equip, classified communications equip & much more off the line daily, only to be griped out by my supervisor & others -- They got thousands each anually for bonuses... It's a world wide organization.

[j-whitman]

jt -- This has nothing to do with Bush or Clinton,,, it's an ongoing problem for at least the past 50 years = Civil Service corruption,, **** poor supervisors & the "Good ol boy's club within it" - & our Retirees who forget everything the military tought them - for Greed

[jt92202]

To all of you!! This is a problem that both Republicans and Democrates made, each party are resposible for the sales of the military hardware! Stop blaming each other and start blaming the government for this stupidity!! I am tired of hearing GW did it or Clinton did it, it didn't start with them it's been going on for many many years and both party's do it! Lets hold the government as a whole responsible for this and figure out how to stop this insanity!!

[j-whitman]

Goldesprit,,, It's always been illegal,, It's the rampid corruption all through Civil Service.

[goldesprit]

Watch the video/film "Lord of War"
Its very similar to...reality...

And we need to make these arms sales not only illegal (without proper enforcement?)-- but impossible to perform, with ZERO EXCUSES and DEATH PENALTIES for even third party idiots.

Pass it on.
Don't let people make you talk about some other foolish person or situation--and waste this space.

[j-whitman]

It was greed by good Christian church going civil service employees.

[j-whitman]

This wasn't corporate greed.. I worked at DRMO in San Diego for 4 years prior to & during privatization... Our civil service people (mostly retired military like myself), destroy the identity of materials turned in, solely to expidite sales for annual bonuses in the thousands per employee.... I was a 1 man army fighting it.. We had only 1 inspector general from Battle Creek for the entire USA.

annd2302


Ford was a Nazi
Is referring to corporate America's involvement in funding Hitler. It was corporate America who massively funded Hitler to build his war machine. War is profitable, and will be, for as long as the masses except the Corporate owned system we have. Which includes relying on mainstream media for news and information, it's not, it is misinformation. The Iraq lies, WMD show us this point very blatantly, only the Iraq lies barely touch the surface of how bad it really is.

check out Global Research, or GNN news
It takes a while to learn good sources, and names in actual journalism; like: Robert Fisk, Jonathan Cook, Richard Bulliet, Michel Chossudovsky, Scott Ritter, or Colonel Sam Gardiner

Article her by Colonel Sam Gardiner
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/17/143241


peace

[patriotic9]

Where are all the conservative bloggers like singinrick,One-American,etc today?Those who support Bush and call Iran a terrorist country.
I am really scared that we can not win this war with such a great leadership in the White House.Where are those Conservatives today who used to call those opposing Iraq invasion as Un-patriotic and Anti-American.Now it's very clear who is a true patriot and who is not,who is a Pro-American and who is not.
Those people who have sold our weapons to Iran can also sell our Nuclear Weapons to OSAMA BEEN FORGOTTEN.I think we have already lost the war by electing Bush as a President.

[nativewoman]

Our stupidity never ceases to amaze me.

Wouldn't that make the US Military traitorous in that they are giving aid and comfort to the enemy?

Oh wait! Somebody is making money off of this so that makes it all right.

[annd2302]

bluestardad

Get a life, what makes you think Henry Ford was a Nazi? Yea, I suppose so was Billy Graham.

[Syndicate]

I'm currious if that %75 is in actual units moved or the diffreance in price due to technology and quality controls.

The US sells more weapons then any other country. Do a search on 'world arms sales'.
I believe the West "Europe & USA"; sell around 75% or the total weapons sold in the world. They do this to create peace & spread democracy in the world, NOT REALLY. Weapons sales are a huge business, with massive corporate profits, and complete government collaboration. Have we already forgot about the "Iran-Contra Affair, 1983-1988". Remember Robert Gates was involved in that, and he is now where, I believe he is the U.S. Secretary of Defense now.

This article isn't really news, it only slightly scratches the surface of American weapons sales. This so called news, just gives this placebo affect that the system works and something will be done. Yet nothing will really be done, it will be business as normal. With the system we now have n place, the corporate owned government & Big Media, with a 440 billion dollar military budget to enforce an economic model on the world that benefits the few.

People there are better places to get informed then mainstream media, like here on the CBS


peace








the same people that left Europe and conquered two other continents, and who have controlled the politics in the middle east & parts of Africa for over the past 100 years, sell about 75% of the weapons in the world.

[Syndicate]

I don't think these F-14s have flown since the shaw was removed from office. The fleeing American technicians did a number on them before leaving the country. Even if the Iranians got them operational, they are pretty obsolete. These were first generation F-14s. One of the reasons we supply arms to allies is to control them. They have to buy the spare parts from us.

[alphaa10-2009]

Arms sales to Iran? What else could go wrong? Along with massive giveaways of public lands and natural resources to private interests at fire sale prices, here is another example of Bush, "your Katrina president at work", discovering government is not something he does especially well or intelligently.

In other circles, his is called "failure of due diligence"--- a concept completely foreign to Bush and his gang of neocon bozos who regard public office as a possession, rather than a responsibility.

The next time we hear Bush talk about national security, we are reminded security begins at home-- not in Iraq. It took a GOP congress five years to address even partially the gaping holes Bush left in US border and ports security. Who's minding the store? (Nobody's workin'!)

[tomar0317]

A simple question....What is our government doing?

[bluestardad]

janem4 ; Henry Ford was an American Nazi also!

[webdepot]

Seems everything in America has a price tag.... all anyone has to do is meet it.

When half your GNP is spent on war machinations, is anyone really surprised that two thirds of the world has American arms and technology.

Every president of either party, has kept the war industry well fed by selling our latest arms to countries that are (today) our allies... yet next week, when they become our enemies, those same weapons are used against our boys. Implements of war are a huge industry...

Since Iran is the only country left with F-14's... why don't we just destroy the components instead of arming our enemies.