" Not that simple Jim."
Not to you maybe
Don't understand what your next statement means in relation to selling arms
Arms haven'[t been invented which only kill the guilty and the bigger they get, the more innocents that ket killed - that is why they deesperately need controlling
If we could isolate those who cause wars and give them a gun and lock them all in a big room, that might olve a problem, but it would leave the world bereft of politicians and profiteers (maybe not too bad an idea!)
"I wonder where the real truth lies."
Not unlike "don't bother your pretty little head about it"
Modern technology, if it has any value, has given us the wherewithal to work a lot of things out for ourselves - this information is no longer tha domain of the priveleged
"Iran/Contra affair "
Just seen the highly entertaining, based on fact "Made in America" which calls into question the whole question of which democracies are truely "democratic"
"Plus ça change, plus c'est la même"
I saw 'The Leopard' many years ago, where the main character is given the wonderful line, "we need to change if we are going to stay the same" - a lesson our "betters" are gradually learning - hopefully too late to keep them where they are.
"You can trust government just as much as a rabid dog!"
Present governments - true.
One of the great failures of Communism as attempted is that it abandoned one of its most important principles - that of making its leaders answerable to those who chose them and subject to recall if they failed to do so
When you think about it, it's not too much to ask and should not be difficult to write into any constitution - it only takes the will to do so.
That is also a condition that was once part of Trades Union leadership but was abandoned when officers were bought off by the establishments by offered company positions and sets in the house of Lords.
I seriously believe that our system has now run its course and has nowhere else to go in its present form
The only question is, which way will it turn, left or right
Your Guardian link is excellent, but incomplete - certainly not contradictory to what I have been claiming
Jim Carroll