This morning it was released to the press that the United States has lost track of an exorbitant amount of weapons while in Iraq. Here is the link to the site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6932710.stm.
The world needs to get its act together. Yes, as every nation and every human realizes, nuclear weapons are an enormous threat to existence. Nevertheless, the weapons that are killing people by the hundreds of thousands today are not bombs, but the regular gun (90% of civilian casualties are caused by small arms and guns). A simple AK-47 can be wielded by a child and bought for a chicken in parts of Africa (See bottom of page for links to where I get these facts). How do "bad" people get these weapons. Because the United States and the other world powers refuse to acknowledge the enormous violence inflicted by guns made by their own factories. Guns that we make (the United States is the biggest importer and exporter of small arms, I will find the source of this fact) might be used in Sudan, Congo, Uganda, and even by our "enemies in Iraq" as our government calls them. The guns we make are used against us. Ironic justice, for it seems in every crisis the United States faces today, we are the ultimate source of the problem.
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Be the difference in the world... It's so easy to complain about the problem... heck I do it all the time! But I've found that with my voice comes a limited power. How many people read this blog and are going to react to it. Go out and so people a different kind of American...
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