The Modern Successor to the Slave Trade Ishaq
The Modern Successor to the Slave Trade
No longer should the peace business be undermined by the arms business
By Desmond Tutu
09/13/06 "The Independent" -- -- For many years, I've been involved in
the peace business, doing what I can to help people overcome their
differences. In doing so, I've also learnt a lot about the business of
war: the arms trade. In my opinion it is the modern slave trade. It is
an industry out of control: every day more than 1,000 people are killed
by conventional weapons. The vast majority of those people are innocent
men, women and children.
There have been international treaties to control the spread of nuclear,
chemical and biological weapons for decades. Yet, despite the mounting
death toll, there is still no treaty governing sales of all conventional
weapons from handguns to attack helicopters. As a result, weapons fall
into the wrong hands all too easily, fuelling human righ
2006-09-18 04:20:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Do you see it here? Nothing.
2006-09-18 04:28:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like common sense to me.
2006-09-18 11:52:09 · answer #2 · answered by namsaev 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you know who Desmond Tutu is?
2006-09-18 12:08:08 · answer #3 · answered by JB 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-18 11:24:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-18 11:28:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-09-18 11:39:05 · answer #6 · answered by Dan B 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋