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Old 02-23-11, 05:03 PM   #1
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today(!), the EU decided to halt its weapons export to Libya, worth about 300 million € per year...
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The EU weapon export to Libya was 344 milion in 2009, Italy's share was 100 million, UK's 80 million.

For comparision: Russia's waepon export to Libya in 2010 was worth 1.5 billion € ...

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My guess is that the civilians in Libya don't care who manufactured the weapons who are used against them. If they had the choice I'm sure they would prefer to be shot at with Super Soakers...
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Old 02-23-11, 05:06 PM   #2
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My guess is that the civilians in Libya don't care who manufactured the weapons who are used against them. If they had the choice I'm sure they would prefer to be shot at with Super Soakers...
And this, too.


If I had my choice, I'd rather have marshmallows thrown at me. Preferably by playful supermodels.
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Old 02-23-11, 05:14 PM   #3
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If they had the choice I'm sure they would prefer to be shot at with Super Soakers...
That's just selfish, think of the impact, desert countries have enough of a water shortage without riotous crowds and mercenaries just spraying it around.
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