tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post5814933787518504189..comments2024-03-28T09:45:17.708+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: Greens to take to the streets over Gaza on Saturday - 'End military co-operation with Israel'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-69138261804911030892014-08-05T18:41:08.570+01:002014-08-05T18:41:08.570+01:00I Just read on a Well Known website that in 2013 B...I Just read on a Well Known website that in 2013 Britain was 7th in the list of the Largest exporters of arms to other nations.<br />and the arms exported amounted to 1394.<br />Britain is 15th on the List of the world's largest arms importers and in 2013 the amount was 438.<br />Again I ask why are we exporting and importing arms that cause many people to die <br />when we are meant to be a Christian nation?<br />Don't get me wrong<br />I'm not naive.<br />I know why the British government Exports and imports arms<br />it's all to do with money.<br />because like the cigarette business that causes no end of death to the public<br />and is a very profitable business<br />likewise the arms business that also causes no end of deaths and destruction is also a very profitable business and so it is pretty obvious why government after government continues exporting and importing arms.<br />and for the prime minister to go to france yesterday and use words like intolerable in response to what is happening in gaza<br />while the government he leads continues with the arms exporting and importing<br />it makes him look like a hypocrite in my eyes.<br />of course it is wrong for the Israeli government to do what it is doing regarding the conflict in gaza<br />but does that make it right for Britain to actually make profit from the very weapons that are causing the many deaths and destruction?<br />Trevornoreply@blogger.com