International Political Will

Sometimes you read something that just sounds too stupid to be true.
Britain’s former Defense Secretary Denis Healey makes me want to slam my head against a wall wondering how brainless Western governments really are:

“Bribery has always played a role in the sale of weapons…in the Middle East people couldn’t buy weapons unless you bribed them [...]

A perverted and twisted love triangle has developed between capitalism, Islamophobia, and the so-called “war on terror,” paving the way for corporations to profit in more than just the defense industry. Any product that can wrap itself in red, white and blue while simultaneously evoking images and memories of Sept. 11, 2001, does so [...]