Chris, You are very correct. There is also a very close interrelationship between the arms industries in Israel and the US. You might say that the two are codependent. This is a bit like the interlink in the diamond industry between Israel and South Africa in the past.
Bill On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 20:51:15 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christoph Reuss) writes: > Bill Ward wrote: > > If I had sent you a slide showing the state of the Israeli > economy, it > > would have pretty much been an upside down version of the numbers > of > > deaths. Israelis are suffering, Israeli Arabs even more, and the > > Palestinian Arabs still more. > > It should be noted, though, that there is one industry that > benefits > and grows from this, and that it is the #1 export industry of > Israel: > The "security" industry. (Pretty ironic in the least secure > country.) > Note the term _export_ industry -- i.e. it has a vested interest in > other countries becoming unsafe too, as in 9/11, Iraq "liberation" > etc. > > As the Swedish journalist Peter Lagerquist reported in Le Monde > Diplomatique[1], the "security" industry was said to have an annual > growth rate of 9% already before 9/11 and was projected to be a > $200 billion business by 2010, mostly in the hands of Israelis. > After 9/11, the perspectives are even "better" (for that industry). > As Jonathan Tal, former boss of the security industry, put it: > "People think we can do everything the Mossad can do -- I think > we can benefit from the trademark Israel." > > [1] > http://monde-diplomatique.de/pm/2002/10/11/a0025.text.name,askoa3mLR.n,39 > (article in German only) > > Chris > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > "This agreement promises only false hope. By what right are > left-wingers > proposing moves that Israel can never make nor will ever make?" > --Ariel Sharon on the ME bilateral peace plan negotiated in > Switzerland > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ > SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the > keyword > "igve". > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > oo.ca > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
