Lord of war/Merchant of Death

[Pyriel]

Long pursued, arms suspect faces trial in NY court - politics - msnbc.com

This man moved so much munitions that he got a movie made after him, if only we were allowed to have access to even a hundredth of the weapons that he bought and sold............

 

[Hkfiend]

Long pursued, arms suspect faces trial in NY court - politics - msnbc.com

This man moved so much munitions that he got a movie made after him, if only we were allowed to have access to even a hundredth of the weapons that he bought and sold............

If we had been able to get our hands on that hundredth, that would make for one helluva range day!

 

[DanO]

That guy would have sold automatic weapons to the crack dealer in your town if there was a profit in it. He sold weapons indiscriminately to any regime who would pay and shares responsiblility for a lot of misery on this planet. Hang him high.

 

[BBSparkle]

That guy would have sold automatic weapons to the crack dealer in your town if there was a profit in it. He sold weapons indiscriminately to any regime who would pay and shares responsiblility for a lot of misery on this planet. Hang him high.

No different than any of our alphabet agencies.

 

[Denny347]

No different than any of our alphabet agencies.

Doesn't make it right.

 

[Pyroponce]

No different than any of our alphabet agencies.

Far worse. The ATF let a couple of thousand guns enter Mexico over a rather short period of time. This criminal sold indiscriminately around the world for over a decade. In the sting operation that caught him:

he offered to sell 700 to 800 surface-to-air missiles, 5,000 AK-47 firearms, millions of rounds of ammunition, land mines, night-vision equipment and ultra-light airplanes that could carry missiles

And over a decade-plus? The ATF should be disbanded, but I wish they could give this guy the chair.

 

[ultraspec]

Damn and I thought the movie was just a ficticous plot. hmm

 

[Expat]

Obviously he was operating with the permission and assistance of Putin. They already have someone taking his place, I am sure.

 

[71silverbullet]

Wonder if there will be a knock at the door during interrogation and he will be released?

 

[BBSparkle]

Far worse. The ATF let a couple of thousand guns enter Mexico over a rather short period of time. This criminal sold indiscriminately around the world for over a decade. In the sting operation that caught him:

And over a decade-plus? The ATF should be disbanded, but I wish they could give this guy the chair.

That's not even a blip on the radar in relation to the things they have done over the past 60 years to create turmoil for profit.

Honestly I don't have any problem with anyone doing it, they find a need and they fill it. Who am I to sit on some ill-defined 'moral high ground' and judge?

...I just wish they'd let me have some of those fun little toys.

 

[Walt_Jabsco]

That's not even a blip on the radar in relation to the things they have done over the past 60 years to create turmoil for profit.

Honestly I don't have any problem with anyone doing it, they find a need and they fill it. Who am I to sit on some ill-defined 'moral high ground' and judge?

...I just wish they'd let me have some of those fun little toys.

Some moral high ground? Are you joking? You're flippantly talking about someone who facilitated mass murder in Eastern Europe and Africa.

 

[HeadlessRoland]

Vik Bout understands capitalism far more than most people here do. America even used him to run guns to certain folks with UN embargoes on them to end run around them. We only mind Viktor Bout when he's selling arms to people we don't like, who we like to call bad guys. But Viktor if you can read this I will take two tractor trailers full of Stingers and maybe a few BARs if you can manage it!

 

[ZombieApocolypse]

How he got all these weapons is the real crime