Originally Posted by
BlackPeter
Of course ... similar to the tabacco industry, the coal industry, the oil industry, the alcohol industry and other misfits, though unfortunately - we do need modern weapons to defend ourselves against the worst autocrats, i.e. defence is not quite as bad as the others.
The only question is - why are the red chinese halfwits supporting the western defence industry? If they and their similar witted counterpart in Russia would have kept their peace, there would not have been a shot in the arm for the western weapons industry - and they didn't do too well the last 3 decades or so.
Never forget - while the West has as well its fair share of half witted leaders, only autocratic systems like China or Russia give such morons all the powers to create maximum havoc.