Too bad we were on the wrong side.
Canadian arms companies were given free rein last year as the federal government tripled the amount of military weapons and ammunition licensed for export to foreign countries to more than $12 billion.
The largest benefactor at $4 billion was Saudi Arabia, which is believed to have used Canadian-made armoured vehicles to help put down antigovernment protests in neighbouring Bahrain during the early days of the Arab Spring…the total in government-approved arms export licences for Saudi Arabia was more than 100 times the $35 million approved in 2010.
…More than 30 protesters were killed, hundreds wounded and nearly 3,000 arrested in the joint Saudi-Bahraini crackdown, which was largely ignored by Canada and other Western states because of Bahrain's strategic relationship with the U.S.
I’m still not feeling great, but this brought tears to my eyes so it was either write or get no sleep. What the hell is Canada becoming? Big bucks in keeping those war machines going, and harper is working very hard at convincing Canadians that there are people out there who are out to get us.
Blood money into the pockets of military suppliers and a population footing the bill as they meekly comply in mindless fear of the boogymen stevie invents.
Just one song for that:
No comments:
Post a Comment