| ▲ | philipallstar 3 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> Almost all of that sector's activity involves offensive activity. What do you mean? As in invading other countries? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | defrost 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Just on the facts, * assisting US offensive actions, * weapons sales for offensive usage (eg: The UK government admits that Saudi Arabia has used UK weapons, made by companies around the UK, in its attacks on Yemen.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | shevy-java an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
He is quite correct though. By calling it "defence" industry, it is insinuated that this is always a moral right use of arms. In reality one would have to look on a case by case basis to see which use really qualifies as defence. In many cases I would not call it defence, for instance, if money is used to overthrow other governments and so forth. Or the Falklands War as an example - technically one could claim the UK had to "defence" its territory, but at the same time one has to question the use of colonies in the first place. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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