An Afternoon at the Gaza Arm's Bazaar
Does your Gaza young son need a job?
Look no further.
Now he can find a job selling weaponry at the Gaza Arms Bazaar...
A Palestinian sells bullets and weapons at the weapons market in the Gaza Strip on May 1, 2007. (WPN)
A Palestinian sells bullets and weapons at the weapons market in the Gaza Strip on May 1, 2007. (WPN)
A Palestinian sells bullets and weapons at the weapons market in the Gaza Strip on May 1, 2007. (WPN)
A Palestinian boy sells bullets and weapons at the weapons market in the Gaza Strip on May 1, 2007. (WPN)
The experience may come in handy.
Child abuse, anyone?
posted by Gateway Pundit at 5/02/2007 10:18:00 AM
1 Comments:
And this sort of thing is my problem with the Right and the mantra: 'free trade frees people'.
Instead it seems that 'free trade' supplies cheaper and more deadly arms globally and doesn't do very much, at all, for freedom. We have been practicing that for 90 years or so in the Middle East and you think we would see some of this 'freedom' stuff without having folks killing each other with cheap armaments.
Yes, it would take Congress to actually address this, set up a list of organizations that have stated their own declarations of war against the US and actually kidnap and kill US Citizens... and then use the Law of the High Seas power and the *other* war powers to sanction Letters of Marque and Reprisal against these organizations, groups and individuals and those who deal with them. Offer up some Bounty or allow seized goods to be sold at auction, as was traditional in prior eras. Congress could set the standards of what it takes to actually get such Letters, have the Executive draw up the lists from the State Dept., Dept. of Justice and Defense, possibly Treasury, too. Set out the minimal limits or empower Priate Citizens and their Companies given Warrant to exercise those Letters and start actually going after this trade to the Nation's enemies.
That would require actually using the power Congress is granted by the People to let the People defend the Nation against distributed threats because the Armed Forces are just not set up nor sized to do this. Plus it is purely civil trade that needs to be addressed, and Armed Citizens with Sanction are the way to go for that so they can best judge what is and is not fitting the bill for Congress.
The 20th century is over now. And the action of terrorists are to wage illegitimate war, which is a war crime and needs be addressed the means given to Congress as a war power. It would also raise a fuss around the globe as companies suddenly found that their shipments were being put in danger by being mixed in with material headed to support terrorists. Some of the private arms merchants might start to feel a pinch and realize that there is no profit to be made in dealing with terrorists... and that they might just get put on the list *themselves* in doing so.
For that is the combination of powers granted to Congress for the High Seas, Letters and international trade when combined, and a deadly and potent brew it *is*. For good reason. We, as a people, are serious about being defended and give such powers so that our government can find legitimate ways to defend us.
Name the names of the enemies and harrass them to the ends of the Earth as those that would trade with them have second thoughts.
And finally end this foolish notion that free trade with our enemies will make them nice to us.
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