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This only works one way though. No one arrested Ronald Regan for selling guns to the contras to fund the revolution in Iran. The US gets to do this because migh
by djsumdog 8y ago
This only works one way though. No one arrested Ronald Regan for selling guns to the contras to fund the revolution in Iran. The US gets to do this because might makes right.
- natalyarostova 8y agoIndeed it does. And for the sake of humanity let's hope the US is never beholden to Chinese whims.
- freeone3000 8y agoThe US did, in fact, arrest the arms salesmen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokers_of_Death_arms_case https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokers_of_Death_arms_case Regean had sovereign immunity, so he could not be personally tried.
- mtw 8y ago> Regean had sovereign immunity, so he could not be personally tried. Sounds fair. Arrest businessmen because it's practical, don't arrest Regean because it won't look good
- danek 8y agoHe also had dementia
- austincheney 8y agoI just learned, thanks Wikipedia, that Jamal Khashoggi (journalist murdered in Turkey) who has recently been dominating the news is the nephew of the arms dealer king pen, Adnan Khashoggi, behind the Brokers of Death. It appears Adnan and our current US president have had a prior business relationship (according to Wikipedia). That is a strange closed loop.
- mrtksn 8y agoA good lesson about the value of networking. Similar things are all over the politics, business or even arts and people inclined to believe in conspiracies love to dig these but most of the time it's just the effect of having a way to meet people that are already in.