ARMS GAME!

According to reports compiled by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) the following countries are the top importers of Arms in the world during 2018. The value of imports in USD is also given below.

1. Saudi Arabia - 3.81 bn

2. Australia        - 1.57 bn

3. China              - 1.56 bn

4. India                - 1.53 bn

5. Egypt               - 1.48 bn

6. Algeria             - 1.32 bn

7. South Korea    - 1.31 bn

8. UAE                  - 1.1    bn

9. Quatar              - 816  m

10. Pakistan         - 777  m

An average one can safely assume that these are the top ten countries in the world who have more enemies or they presume so. In the case of India and Pakistan the presumption weighs more. As far as Pakistan is concerned, war with India is a sheer illusion. Every Indian knows that India will never attack Pakistan until they persuade us to do so. In short, the first gun fire will not be from India. If Pakistan come out of this illusion and come to the open we both countries can bring down our defence budget considerably.

We may now find the largest exporters of arms in the world. USA, Russia, France, Germany and China are the top five arms exporters. Together they account for 75% of the arms trade in the world during the period of 2014-18. This may be one of the major source of income for these countries. Since the margin of profit in this business is very high it must be the policy of these countries to keep a readymade market for their weaponry. They may also be maintaining a good number of agents to canvas business. The primary aspect of canvasing is to keep at least two countries under extreme enmity with dramatic dialogues of threatening each other. Countries like India, Pakistan etc are their easy prey. We give our hard earned money for the comforts of the people of these arms trading countries.

When are we going to become intelligent enough to realize this truth and wisely use our money for our own people?

KV George

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