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It's a question of what your morals cost. For Finland, the cost of doing the right thing is a few tens of millions of dollars. For America, it's billions more.
by mabbo 8y ago
It's a question of what your morals cost. For Finland, the cost of doing the right thing is a few tens of millions of dollars. For America, it's billions more. And America is willing to sell it's morals for that amount of money.
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- growlist 8y agoIndeed, the paltry sums involved undermine the gesture pretty much completely. If Finland are really serious, why not stop all exports to SA?
- ptaipale 8y agoThe U.S. economy is about 75-80 times bigger than Finland (due to sheer size of country). A few tens of millions (35 M$) is for Finland about as significant as 2,7 billion $ would be for U.S. Not insignificant.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 8y ago>If Finland are really serious, why not stop all exports to SA? Some products are primary intended to keep people alive: food, energy, medicines… Some other aren't: tanks, missiles… That's why.
- growlist 8y agoSo then given the utterly insignificant amounts of arms Finland sells, the impact will also be utterly insignificant. All Finland gets is the chance to virtue signal. wow such virtue, so moral etc.
- will4274 8y agoI agree with your first sentence, but it's not just about monetary cost. Saudi Arabia is Iran's strongest rival in the Middle East. Finland cutting off arms sales has negligible geo-political cost. But the US cutting off arms sales might have the impact of strengthening Iran and thereby making a homocidal near nuclear power whose leaders have advocated genocide in the past decade the most powerful country in the region.