The wealthy nations sell or give armaments to the poorer nations. If you are not aware of what an armament is, it is a utensil or military set/sets of equipment. Since the end of the civil war, the United States has sold over $100 billion worth of weapons abroad. While other nations reduced their arms sales, the United States has increased its share of the market to 63 percent that is far more than previous years, says Dr. Williams from the University of De Paul. He also goes on to say that this is far more than any other country and that in the future it is going to go up far more than one can predict. The other top arms suppliers to the world are Great Britain, Russia, France, and China, United States being the number 1, of course and Canada coming in at the far position of 9th.

United States is actively engaged in promoting and financing weapon exports through over 6,500 full-time government employees in the Defense, Commerce, and State Department. These sale efforts are motivated by what was deemed to be in the national interests of the countries involved and by profit to the manufactures. In the United States the companies that are most involved are Lock

Some of the negative consequences of these arm sales are mentioned below. "They fan the flames of war, rather than promoting stability in already tense regions. The Third World has become a life-threatening place even for civilians who have no idea a lot of this is taking place in their own backyard", says John Paul the II. One other bad consequence that can arise from the sale of arms to foreign countries is the fact that they can backfire, that is, come back to haunt the seller: for example, the United States has had this happen to them on numerous circumstances as shown in the following two instances. From 1980 to 1988 Iran purchased $17.5 billion in armament from carious countries (not The United States.) and Iraq bought $47.3 billion in armaments, much from The United States (fas.com, statistics). These purchases fueled the war between these two countries, says Thomas Cardarmone Jr, who is the Council for World Education. Leading to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and the subsequent United States involvement in the Persian Gulf War in 1991. Including the blockade of Iraq and the massive military effort by the United States and other countries to reject further expansion by Iraq and ensure the flow of oil from the Middle East to places around the world. For instance, in the three years following Iraq's invasion on Kuwait, the United States sold more than $38 billion worth of armaments to countries of the Middle East and

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