why does the united states sell weapons to foreign countries?

Question

just how much income do we get (% of total income each year, including federal income taxes, that the USA gets) by selling our weapons, outdated in our standards, or not outdated, to foreign countries?

i know that other countries like russia sell theirs, or did, so i also want to know if we sell ours just to compete with those others?

but basically, with countries changing their politics, such as venuezela with its soon-to-be supreme, lifelong dictator, hugo chavez, since they just might become our enemy, isn't it prudent NOT to sell our arms to any other country at all?

maybe all we really need do is to have our spies continue to report to the house and to the president and his cabinet what sort of weapons, as well as where they came from, exist in battles all around the world? this way, we will be assured of having knowledge of what "they" are using these days, just in case we must protect ourselves.

links/reasons, please

Answer 1

hahhaa... the first responder basically stole my answer...

but, to repeat, apparently we can't find a country that can put up much of a fight against us... so we have to arm them, overthrow their government and start a nation that can fight us a few years down the road to keep the weapons companies flush with cash...

selling weapons is a very shady business... and history seems to tell... that often times they are turned on you more than they are not...

I'm not sure about the numbers... but it often seems like we give them away to countries that we feel are in our best interest (Afghanistan and Iraq to name a few... oops)...

the only problem that we have selliing them is... we often have the best weapons... would you rather have a russian tank aimed at you or an american one... I'll go up against the russian one any day...

Answer 2

The US is the world's number one military hardware salesman. Russia is ranked second, with China coming up from the pack. North Korea has also been active on the markets as has Israel. The US does it to provide more of a safety net for 'allied' or friendly nations, even though some times those countries will turn around and sell hardware & technology to other 3rd world nations. It's basically a tit-for-tat mentality for all countries. US consumers like to buy nice, new vehicles. World leaders who feel threatened and less secure by today's volatile world have never seen a jet, bomber, missile, or bomb they would not buy.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

America sells weapons to other countries because it serves those that do the selling. Mainly the U.S. Government. The U.S. sold S.A.M.s (Surface to Air Missle) to Osama bin Laden to fight the Russians in Afghanistan during the cold war. During the Kennedy era there was the Cuban Missle Crisis. During Reagan...Iran/ Contra scandal. It seems that as long as there is money, the United States will sell arms to anyone.

Answer 5

It is to keep undeveloped countries from developing. We keep the warlords in check and the warlords keep the civilians in check. As long as undeveloped countries don't develope, then we can exploit their resources by buying them for super cheap.

Answer 6

That's it, like J3nny says.

the US sold arms to Iran, Iraq, all sorts of countries. They gave arms to the Taliban.

Now they can attack to their hearts content.

Answer 7

If we don't sell them, someone else will, you can be sure. Like Russia, France, North Korea, etc.
I Cr 13;8a

Answer 8

Near as I can tell, we sell or give weapons to foreign countries so that twenty years later we can accuse those countries of being hostile to US interests and invade them illegally.

Just sayin'.

Answer 9

So we can go to war with em 10 years after the sale. Thats what we do best, Blow #@$% up.