Posted on 12/29/2008 7:07:11 PM PST by GSP.FAN
They said that he had smashed arms embargoes and struck deals with a remarkable axis of neer-do-wells: supplying weapons and air-transport to the Taliban, abetting despots and revolutionaries in Africa and South America, aiding Hizbullah in Lebanon and Islamists in Somalia
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Nicholas Cage glamorises Bout.
I’ll admit, I’ve got a soft spot in my head for such a wascally wabbitt, but it looks like he played a major role in the careers of the West African monsters, squired Al-Queda types wherever they needed to go, and was looking to supply FARC with the MANPADS they desperately needed.
Could even the Lord of War have supplied top-shelf shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles?
If I was King of America I’d hire him to work for our interests exclusively.

SOB's don't call me an armchair General anymore.
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