Monday, 5 November 2012

It's good for Britain to sell arms

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2228007/David-Cameron-visits-Gulf-hoping-sell-6bn-worth-British-Typhoon-military-aircraft.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/nov/05/david-cameron-arms-sales-gulf

"Amnesty International criticised what it described as a "deeply-disturbing trade-off" between trade and strategic interests and the promotion of rights and democratic reform. The Campaign Against the Arms Trade condemned what it called "a very clear UK message of support for these authoritarian regimes". Promoting arms sales meant concerns about human rights were "empty words," it added."

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