Get Real! wrote:Paphitis wrote:All arms dealers, including Boeing, come under US Arms Control and they in order to sell their technologies, need the approval of Congress and no Arms deal can come to pass if it does not meet the Arms Control Act.
Boeing and arms dealers are REGISTERED COMPANIES you fucking little monkey!
There’s nothing that can stop ANY government from purchasing military hardware from companies, and then donating it to another party if they so desire so get your facts right bozo!
They are registered companies, are regulated under The Arms Export Control Act as is the Government which can't purchase arms from Boeing, Grumman or Lockheed and then "gift" them. By gift you actually mean aid and aid only goes to sovereign countries like Iraq which are also deemed friendly.
The Peshmerga for instance, which have a Kurdish Autonomous Area but are not sovereign as they are within the sovereign borders of Iraq, are NOT allowed to buy western arms, will not be given them as gifts or aid.
Hence why even our most trusted ally, the Kurds of Northern Iraq (Peshmerga) can not receive Australian or US arms because Australia or the US do not have official diplomatic ties and because of a range of other MEU factors and criteria.
We would love to arm them to the teeth right now, and we will do just that, but with Russian Technology sourced from other countries. The US will actually lead them as their Boots on the Ground so we want to arm them well. The Iraqi Security Forces are our other boots and will lead the ground offensive and they will have Western Weapons and lots of them.
Naturally, there is no provision for the supply of arms from Australia or US to militias like Al Qaeda, Al Nusra, DESH or ISIL. If the Government "gifted" so much as a handgun, and it was proven, then you will witness a huge bloodletting that will rival Watergate, and Iran/Contra. Can you imagine if this happened and then you have our aircraft and potentially our troops on the ground? It will be the trial of the century.
Things like this don't happen of course because these Governments calculate their decisions, are scrutinized, and there is nowhere you can hide. All arms deals and aid must be approved by Congress or Parliament.