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Yes, it's unlikely that a defence industry won't ever seem 'necessary'. However, if we are going to take an ethical perspective, it seems like a particularly i
by tmnvix 2y ago
Yes, it's unlikely that a defence industry won't ever seem 'necessary'.
However, if we are going to take an ethical perspective, it seems like a particularly inopportune time to be joining the industry given that the intended customer (the US government) has refused to abide by its own laws with regard to selling weapons to regimes that fail to meet the necessary standards.
- throwpoaster 2y agoI’m curious if you have an example of those regimes and standards?
- defrost 2y agoThere's a list, but for a single current example: Women and children in Yeman would be an example of misuse of US weapons. *War Atrocities in Yemen Linked to US Weapons Columbia Law School researchers have unveiled a disturbing connection between American arms and civilian deaths. a joint investigation by the Security Force Monitor [..] recently concluded that a “substantial portion” of airstrikes that have killed civilians in Yemen have been carried out by jets developed, sold, and maintained by US companies and flown by US-trained pilots. https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/war-atrocities-yemen-linked-us-weapons https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/war-atrocities-yemen-l... THe UK is also at fault here, it's not just the US that supply advanced weapon systems with casual disregard for end use.
- throwpoaster 2y agoIt’s very unfortunate the Houthis use the civilian populace as human shields. America should stop them.