Arm trafficing responsible for Syria conflict

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Arm trafficking responsible for Syria conflict.
I think responsible should be put to trial - And their country hold accountable.
American should give the example and demilitarize, as they are the country that put the biggest $ on military activity.

And US bishop should discourage faithful to enroll in military work.

Vatican Observer to the UN Says Illegal Arms Trafficking Sustains
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Rome, September 10, 2013 (Zenit.org) Junno Arocho Esteves | 490 hits

In an interview with Vatican Radio, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva, applauded the Holy Father’s recent comments on the illegal trafficking of arms.

During his weekly Sunday Angelus address the Holy Father questioned whether conflicts in today’s world are over real problems or if it is “a commercial war to sell illegal weapons.”

“The Holy Father has put a finger on a real problem that is affecting the international community today. It is not a new problem but it is a real one in the sense that the illegal trafficking of arms becomes a major factor that contributes to violence and to wars,” Archbishop Tomasi said.

The illegal provision of arms, he continued, gives those who abuse their power to prevent the development of their own countries.

The Vatican’s Permanent Observer to the UN stated that Pope Francis rightly underlined that weapons proliferation have “sustained the continuation of conflicts around the world, giving those who use them the false assurance that “they can continue to use force to maintain their power.”

“If we take into account the fact that $1,750 billion have been spent last year for military activities, we see that all these resources are for defense, yes, but also for trade in arms and this kind of resources the international community could use for social development and for …] education, food, especially in the needier segments of the world.

(September 10, 2013) © Innovative Media Inc.
 
There’s an eye-opening movie on this subject called “Lord of War.”

But it’s really not our military that’s responsible. The US sells the high profit big ticket stuff. Your average warlord isn’t murdering peasants with M-16s (some South American exceptions). They’re using Russian AKs.

Some estimates say that globally there is one fire arm for every 12 people on earth. I guess there is still a ways to go before market saturation…
 
This is about illegal arms trafficking, not legitimate military service.

Granted the border between the two becomes fuzzy when it comes to things like arming Syria’s rebels.
 
This is about illegal arms trafficking, not legitimate military service.

Granted the border between the two becomes fuzzy when it comes to things like arming Syria’s rebels.
“If we take into account the fact that $1,750 billion have been spent last year for military activities.
That answer the question.
 
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