So what would happen if the US quit exporting arms.

[KentuckyWoman]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_industry

US and Russia are the biggest arms exporters but the US sales are nearly twice those of Russia. This doesn't even take into account weapons exported by Smith & Wesson or Colt.


Yes humans are a violent bunch and will remain so even if we stop fueling violence around the world for the sake of a quick buck.
These sales enshrine both the dollars from the sale and the fact these weapons are used to create the chaos necessary for economic predators to swoop in and control money and resources. Not to mention the contractors who are hired to go in after the wars and rebuild.

The US can do better when it comes to making money on manufacturing. We don't need to fill our pockets upon the deaths of people on the other side of the globe.


EDIT.... to provide clarity and correct typos. UGH.

[Kelvin Mace]

1. A lot of politicians would lose their jobs and

be replaced with ones who will re-establish the trade. Death is too, too profitable.

[NorthCarolina]

2. Some very, very rich folks would become really, really upset.

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[proglib]

3. Neocon created wars would end

Why blame all humans for the work of a few neocons? Are those at the receiving end of the bombs equally to blame as the neocons who create the wars and rain bombs on them? When I say neocons, I include the Bushes and their partners Clintons as well.

[NightWatcher]

4. Warehouse sale and I'll finally get a tank

[Lurks Often]

5. Nothing would change, other countries would take up the slack

much as the Germans and British did before the U.S. started exporting weapons after WWII

[ronnie624]

7. Not if we levied our political and economic power

to reduce conflict instead of doing the opposite.

[Codeine]

9. Humans have been killing each other as long as we've been humans.

Nothing the US does is going to change that fundamental aspect of the human condition.

[ronnie624]

11. The US can do absolutely nothing, to reduce the level of violence in the ME?

The US is the single biggest contributor to the violence there. There is plenty we could do.

[Lurks Often]

10. Look at the history prior to WWII

There were plenty of wars in Europe on a fairly regular basis that spread to other parts of the world where the combatants had colonies and other overseas territories.

There may or may not be wars today, but the vast majority are fairly small in comparison to the ones in the past.

[sarisataka]

6. Other counties would sell more weapons

If there is demand, someone will supply the goods

[ronnie624]

8. Our government uses its power all the time

to promote agendas. Why not for peace?